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
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bioaggressor English
- microaggressor English
- nonaggressor English
- aggredior Latin
- aggressor Latin
- aggressore Italian
- agresor Spanish, Castilian
- agresor Czech
- agressor Catalan, Valencian