warmonger

See also: war-monger

English

Alternative

war-monger
war monger

Etymology

war +‎ monger. A warmonger is literally a seller of war, from monger used as a transitive verb, meaning a peddler.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈwɔː(ɹ).mʌŋ.ɡə(ɹ)/

Noun

warmonger (plural warmongers)

(pejorative) A bellicist, someone who advocates war; a militarist.

Synonyms

Translations

one who advocates war

Catalan: bel·licista, militarista
Chinese:
Mandarin: 戰爭販子, 战争贩子 (zhànzhēng fànzi), 主戰論者, 主战论者 (zhǔzhànlùnzhě), 好戰分子, 好战分子 (hàozhàn fènzǐ)
Czech: válečný štváč m
Danish: krigsopvigler c (Nazi slur against Churchill)
Dutch: oorlogsstoker m, oorlogsstookster f
Finnish: sodanlietsoja (fi)
French: belliciste (fr) m, f, va-t-en-guerre (fr) m, f, marchand de guerre m, marchande de guerre f, militariste (fr) m, f
German: Bellizist (de) m, Bellizistin f, Kriegstreiber (de) m, Kriegstreiberin f, Kriegshetzer m, Kriegshetzerin f
Greek: πολεμοκάπηλος (el) m (polemokápilos)
Hungarian: háborús uszító (hu)
Italian: guerrafondaio (it) m, guerrafondaia (it) f

Japanese: 戦争屋 (sensōya), 軍国主義者 (gunkokushugisha), 鷹派 (takaha), 強硬派 (kyōkōha), 戦争好き (sensōzuki)
Korean: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian:
Bokmål: krigshisser m

Nynorsk: krigshissar m
Portuguese: belicista (pt) m, f
Russian: разжига́тель войны́ m (razžigátelʹ vojný), поджига́тель войны́ m (podžigátelʹ vojný), милитари́ст (ru) m (militaríst)
Spanish: belicista m, f, militarista m, f
Swedish: krigshetsare c, krigsivrare c
Thai: ผู้กระหายสงคราม (pûu-grà-hǎai-sǒng-kraam)
Turkish: ateş karıştırıcısı, savaş çığırtkanı, savaş kışkırtıcısı, savaş satıcısı

Verb

warmonger (third-person singular simple present warmongers, present participle warmongering, simple past and past participle warmongered)

(pejorative, intransitive) To advocate war.
- 2002, Robert Colls, Identity of England
  Harmsworth's Daily Mail had warmongered for over twenty years.

Translations

to advocate war

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: lietsoa sotaa

Japanese: please add this translation if you can
Korean: please add this translation if you can
Portuguese: please add this translation if you can

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