werreour
Middle English
/wɛriˈuːr/
noun
Definitions
- A warrior or combatant; one who partakes in battles or war.
- (rare) One who wages war against another; a military opponent or enemy.
- (rare) One who inflicts devastation, ruin, strife, or terror.
- (rare) An invader or warlord; one who uses conquest or takes over nations.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French guerreier (combattant, fighter) affix from Middle English werreyen borrowed from Old French guerreiur affix from Middle English werreyen.
Origin
Middle English
werreyen
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antiwarrior English
- cyberwarrior English
- eco-warrior English
- nonwarrior English
- roadwarrior English
- warray English
- warrior English
- warrioress English
- warriorhood English
- warriorism English
- warriorlike English
- warriorship English
- weekend warrior English
- *werra Latin
- *werrizō Latin
- werreyen Middle English
- guerreier Old French
- guerreiur Old French
- guerroiier Old French
- werreier Old French
- dgèrryi Norman
- guerreier xno