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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
belligerent
bel·liger·ent adjective, noun BrE [bəˈlɪdʒərənt] NAmE [bəˈlɪdʒərənt]
adjective
1. unfriendly and aggressive
Syn: ↑hostile
•a belligerent attitude
•He is always very belligerent towards me.
2. only before noun (formal) (of a country)fighting a war
•the belligerent countries/states/nations
Word Origin:
late 16th cent.: from Latin belligerant- ‘waging war’, from the verb belligerare, from bellum ‘war’.
Derived Words: ↑belligerence ▪ ↑belligerently
noun (formal)
a country or group that is fighting a war
Word Origin:
[belligerence belligerent belligerently] late 16th cent.: from Latin belligerant- ‘waging war’, from the verb belligerare, from bellum ‘war’.
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