aggressor
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aggressor¹
- /əˈɡɹɛsə/ UK
- /əˈɡɹɛsɚ/ Canada, US
Where it comes from
Derived from Latin aggressor (“attacker, assailant, aggressor”).
noun aggressors · aggressour
- The person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression; that begins hostility or a quarrel; an assailant. Hitler and the Japanese generals miscalculated badly, 10 years ago, when they thought we would not be able to use our economic power effectively for the defeat of aggression. Let would-be aggressors make no such mistake today.
Aggressor²
Where it comes from
From aggressor.
proper noun
- a fictional state created by the United States Army for maneuver and military exercise purposes in the 1950's In recent years the Aggressor Homeland has been modifying its logistical organization and procedures in an effort to meet the requirements of mobile and fast-moving forces in modern warfare. (Handbook on Aggressor: Field Manual, United States Department of the Army, June 1973)
noun Aggressors
- a citizen/subject of the fictional Aggressor state
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: assailant, attacker, aggression, assault, attacking, attack, aggressive, mugger, bully, abuser, killer, stressor, offender, perpetrator, abusive, stressful
Translations
Every language
noun the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression
| Español | agresor, agresora |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 침략자 chimnyakja |
| 日本語 | 侵略者 shinryakusha |
| 中文 | 侵略者 qīnlüèzhě |
| हिन्दी | आक्रामक ākrāmak, आक्रमणकारी ākramaṇkārī, हमलावर hamlāvar |
| Português | agressor, agressora |
| Français | agresseur, agresseuse |
| Deutsch | Aggressor, Aggressorin, Angreifer, Angreiferin |
| Italiano | aggressore, aggreditrice |
| Ελληνικά | επιτιθέμενος epitithémenos, επιδρομέας epidroméas |
| Română | agresor, agresoare |
| Русский | агре́ссор agréssor |
| Tiếng Việt | kẻ xâm lược |
| العربية | مُعْتَدٍ muʕtadin, بَاغٍ bāḡin, مُعْتِد muʕtid |
| עברית | תּוֹקְפָן tokpán, פּוֹלֵשׁ polésh |
Talk about this word "aggressor." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/aggressor. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. aggressor. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/aggressor "aggressor." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/aggressor.Cite this
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title = {aggressor},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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