ˈwȯr-yər
as in soldier
a person engaged in military service
a program of tough training and discipline that turns untried civilians into warriors
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Recent Examples of warrior
Berserk is the story of Guts, a skilled warrior who joins a band of mercenaries.
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Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Sep. 2025
The new movie promises fresh conflict as the Sully family, headed up by Marine turned Na'vi leader Jake Sully (Sam Worthington), Na'vi warrior Neytiri (Zoe Saldaña), faces off against a new tribe.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025
The test footage shows a big ol’ boy fighting a much smaller ninja warrior.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
One student, one school, one warrior at a time.
—Arkansas Online, 25 Sep. 2025
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Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Sep. 2025
The new movie promises fresh conflict as the Sully family, headed up by Marine turned Na'vi leader Jake Sully (Sam Worthington), Na'vi warrior Neytiri (Zoe Saldaña), faces off against a new tribe.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025
The test footage shows a big ol’ boy fighting a much smaller ninja warrior.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
One student, one school, one warrior at a time.
—Arkansas Online, 25 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for warrior
Noun
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Fighting on the island had stopped, so the soldiers in the picture were not under fire, and the action of raising the flag (there is a movie of it) took all of a few seconds.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
27 Sep. 2025
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Another nearby point of interest for history buffs is Historic Blenheim and Civil War Interpretive Center, a Greek Revival-style house dating to 1859 that preserves signatures and pictographs from Federal soldiers who once lived there.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
27 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The Thrilla in Manila between the two fighters stands as a testament to each of their enduring legacies of perseverance.—
Ray Padilla,
Louisville Courier Journal,
1 Oct. 2025
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One of Kerr’s colleagues, Mark Coleman, is played by real-life MMA fighter Ryan Bader, one of several non-professional actors who give The Smashing Machine the pleasing texture of lived-in credibility.—
Richard Lawson,
Rolling Stone,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Warrior.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/warrior. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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