Meaning of AGGRESSOR
Pronunciation: | | u'gresur
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WordNet Dictionary |
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- [n] a confident assertive person who acts as instigator
- [n] someone who attacks
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| Synonyms: | | assailant, assaulter, attacker |
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| See Also: | | ambusher, avenger, beast, brute, bully, harasser, harrier, hooligan, initiator, instigator, lapidator, marauder, night rider, nightrider, offender, predator, raper, rapist, retaliator, roughneck, rowdy, ruffian, savage, shedder, spiller, stabber, stoner, tough, vulture, wildcat, wolf, wrongdoer, yob, yobbo, yobo | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | \Ag*gres"sor\, n. [L.: cf. F. agresseur.]
The person who first attacks or makes an aggression; he who
begins hostility or a quarrel; an assailant.
The insolence of the aggressor is usually proportioned
to the tameness of the sufferer. --Ames.
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