aggressor

English

noun
Definitions
  • The person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression; that begins hostility or a quarrel; an assailant.

Etymology

Derived from Latin aggressor (aggressor, attacker, assailant).

Origin

Latin

aggressor

Gloss

aggressor, attacker, assailant

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