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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024bel•lig•er•ent /bəˈlɪdʒɚənt/USA pronunciation adj. - engaged in warfare:[before a noun]set up embargoes against the belligerent nations.
- showing readiness to fight:a belligerent tone.
n. [countable] - a state or nation at war.
- a person engaged in fighting.
bel•lig•er•ent•ly, adv. See -bell-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024bel•lig•er•ent (bə lij′ər ənt),USA pronunciation adj. - warlike;
given to waging war. - of warlike character;
aggressively hostile;
bellicose:a belligerent tone. - waging war;
engaged in war:a peace treaty between belligerent powers. - pertaining to war or to those engaged in war:belligerent rights.
n. - a state or nation at war.
- Militarya member of the military forces of such a state.
- Latin belligerant- (stem of belligerāns, present participle of belligerāre to wage war; see -ant)
- Latin belliger waging war (belli-, combining form of bellum war + ger-, base of gerere to conduct) + -ent; replacing belligerant
- 1570–80
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged pugnacious, truculent, combative, quarrelsome, antagonistic, contentious.
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