warmonger

[ wawr-mong-ger, -muhng- ]

noun

1. a person who advocates, endorses, or tries to precipitate war.

warmonger

/ ˈwɔːˌmʌŋɡə /

noun

1. a person who fosters warlike ideas or advocates war

Derived Forms

• ˈwarˌmongering, noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of warmonger¹

First recorded in 1580–90; war ¹ + monger

Example Sentences

Gabbard, who recently joined the Republican Party, has previously said her detractors are "warmongers" who seek to smear any critic of Washington's establishment.

From BBC

In 2022 she left the Democrat Party and initially registered as an independent - accusing her former party of being an “elitist cabal of warmongers” driven by "cowardly wokeness".

From BBC

“I’m no warmonger. But the fact is, if we decide a strike against Iraq is necessary, it is madness not to carry the mission to its conclusion,” he wrote.

From Salon

In the run-up to European Parliament elections last week, far-right political parties denounced expenditures for the Ukraine war as fruitless, counterproductive and warmongering — and found a measure of electoral success with that refrain.

From Los Angeles Times

The Hungarian PM says EU leaders and the US are warmongers over Ukraine – and 9 June is a simple vote between peace and war.

From BBC