aggressorn.

Brit.

/əˈɡrɛsə/, U.S.

/əˈɡrɛsər/

Forms: 1500s– aggressor, 1600s aggressour, 1600s agressour, 1600s–1700s agressor.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French aggresseur; Latin aggressor.

Etymology: < (i) Middle French agresseur, aggresseur (1380; French agresseur , †aggresseur ), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin aggressor attacker, assailant (2nd cent. a.d.) < aggress- , past participial stem of aggredī to attack (see aggress v.) + -or -or suffix. Compare Spanish agresor (15th cent.), Portuguese agressor (1666), Italian aggressore (1342).

A person, nation, animal, etc., that attacks or assails another, esp. one who makes the first attack or takes the first step in provoking conflict.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warrior > attacker > [noun]

assailera1400

assailant1523

assaulter1548

setter-on1569

aggressor1585

onsetter1588

offendent1646

attacker1664

inundator1794

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > [noun] > one who > who makes first attack

aggressor1585

1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie ii. xii. f. 47^v The aduenture therof on the one side, & the other was very hazardous and variable, & being somtimes taken agayne by her first founders, & afterwards by her aggressors [Fr. agresseurs] became in the end a pray vnto both the armies.

1625 N. Brent tr. P. Sarpi Free Schoole of Warre sig. Iiij^v It will bee cleere that the Assailed makes a iust warre, and the question cannot fall but on the Aggressor.

1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Aggressour, an assailer of another, a beginner of a business.

1684 Bp. G. Burnet tr. T. More Utopia 155 To defend themselves, or their Friends, from any unjust Aggressors.

1701 London Gaz. mmmdccxiii/2 The French were the first Aggressors, by seizing all the Boats.

1782 B. Franklin Let. 20 Apr. in Papers (2003) XXXVII. 178 After a Quarrel between Friends, nothing tended so much to conciliate, as offers made by the Aggressor, of Reparation for Injuries.

1803 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. IV. i. 128 If accidentally trodden on, it strikes backwards..and endeavours to wound the aggressor with the spines of its first dorsal fin.

1851 ‘L. Mariotti’ Italy in 1848 i. 44 The Austrian was the aggressor.

1931 Coshocton (Ohio) Tribune 23 Oct. 6/1 Nations would agree to consult among themselves to determine the aggressor in the event of war.

1978 Zeitschr. f. Tierpsychologie 46 43 The white morph was the aggressor more frequently than by chance expectation.

2010 New Yorker 1 Feb. 33/3 Dresden had been made into the German Hiroshima—an outrage that reversed the roles of aggressors and victims.

Compounds

attributive or appositive, as aggressor nation, aggressor state.

ΚΠ

1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. 259 He may attack and seise the property of the aggressor nation.

1837 J. R. McCulloch Statist. Acct. Brit. Empire II. iv. i. 256 The king may, also, grant..permissions to any of his subjects who may have suffered from foreign depredations to make reprisals, that is, to take and seize the property of any of the subjects of the aggressor nation.

1896 Albany Law Jrnl. 18 Apr. 251/1 The Monroe doctrine relates to forcible imposition of an European political system over an area which admittedly does not belong to the aggressor State.

1930 S. O. Levinson in E. R. A. Seligman Encycl. Soc. Sci. (1935) I. 485/2 In both the American Revision and the Protocol an attempt was made to base the definition of an ‘aggressor nation’ on refusal of arbitration.

1940 King George VI in Times Weekly 27 Nov. 11/1 My peoples and My Allies are united in their resolve to continue the fight against the aggressor nations until freedom is made secure.

1941 Spectator 5 Sept. 225/1 Great Britain, left to face the aggressor States alone..was keeping the enemy at bay.

1961 J. Toland But not in Shame Prol. p. xi The interventionists..were convinced their country's future and ultimate safety depended on helping the democracies crush the aggressor nations.

2010 Independent 23 Apr. (Viewspaper section) 6/1 That most sincere and caring dude who managed to turn this country into an international aggressor state.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	aggressor
释义	aggressorn. Brit. /əˈɡrɛsə/, U.S. /əˈɡrɛsər/ Forms: 1500s– aggressor, 1600s aggressour, 1600s agressour, 1600s–1700s agressor. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French aggresseur; Latin aggressor. Etymology: < (i) Middle French agresseur, aggresseur (1380; French agresseur , †aggresseur ), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin aggressor attacker, assailant (2nd cent. a.d.) < aggress- , past participial stem of aggredī to attack (see aggress v.) + -or -or suffix. Compare Spanish agresor (15th cent.), Portuguese agressor (1666), Italian aggressore (1342). A person, nation, animal, etc., that attacks or assails another, esp. one who makes the first attack or takes the first step in provoking conflict. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > attacker > [noun] assailera1400 assailant1523 assaulter1548 setter-on1569 aggressor1585 onsetter1588 offendent1646 attacker1664 inundator1794 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > [noun] > one who > who makes first attack aggressor1585 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie ii. xii. f. 47^v The aduenture therof on the one side, & the other was very hazardous and variable, & being somtimes taken agayne by her first founders, & afterwards by her aggressors [Fr. agresseurs] became in the end a pray vnto both the armies. 1625 N. Brent tr. P. Sarpi Free Schoole of Warre sig. Iiij^v It will bee cleere that the Assailed makes a iust warre, and the question cannot fall but on the Aggressor. 1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Aggressour, an assailer of another, a beginner of a business. 1684 Bp. G. Burnet tr. T. More Utopia 155 To defend themselves, or their Friends, from any unjust Aggressors. 1701 London Gaz. mmmdccxiii/2 The French were the first Aggressors, by seizing all the Boats. 1782 B. Franklin Let. 20 Apr. in Papers (2003) XXXVII. 178 After a Quarrel between Friends, nothing tended so much to conciliate, as offers made by the Aggressor, of Reparation for Injuries. 1803 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. IV. i. 128 If accidentally trodden on, it strikes backwards..and endeavours to wound the aggressor with the spines of its first dorsal fin. 1851 ‘L. Mariotti’ Italy in 1848 i. 44 The Austrian was the aggressor. 1931 Coshocton (Ohio) Tribune 23 Oct. 6/1 Nations would agree to consult among themselves to determine the aggressor in the event of war. 1978 Zeitschr. f. Tierpsychologie 46 43 The white morph was the aggressor more frequently than by chance expectation. 2010 New Yorker 1 Feb. 33/3 Dresden had been made into the German Hiroshima—an outrage that reversed the roles of aggressors and victims. Compounds attributive or appositive, as aggressor nation, aggressor state. ΚΠ 1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. 259 He may attack and seise the property of the aggressor nation. 1837 J. R. McCulloch Statist. Acct. Brit. Empire II. iv. i. 256 The king may, also, grant..permissions to any of his subjects who may have suffered from foreign depredations to make reprisals, that is, to take and seize the property of any of the subjects of the aggressor nation. 1896 Albany Law Jrnl. 18 Apr. 251/1 The Monroe doctrine relates to forcible imposition of an European political system over an area which admittedly does not belong to the aggressor State. 1930 S. O. Levinson in E. R. A. Seligman Encycl. Soc. Sci. (1935) I. 485/2 In both the American Revision and the Protocol an attempt was made to base the definition of an ‘aggressor nation’ on refusal of arbitration. 1940 King George VI in Times Weekly 27 Nov. 11/1 My peoples and My Allies are united in their resolve to continue the fight against the aggressor nations until freedom is made secure. 1941 Spectator 5 Sept. 225/1 Great Britain, left to face the aggressor States alone..was keeping the enemy at bay. 1961 J. Toland But not in Shame Prol. p. xi The interventionists..were convinced their country's future and ultimate safety depended on helping the democracies crush the aggressor nations. 2010 Independent 23 Apr. (Viewspaper section) 6/1 That most sincere and caring dude who managed to turn this country into an international aggressor state. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1585
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