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# warrior

«warrior» in Mova's school dictionary: **a brave fighter or soldier, especially in old times or in…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a warrior, warriors)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A warrior is a brave fighter or soldier, especially in old times or in stories. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/warrior/#m1)

2) A warrior can be someone who fights hard for a cause or keeps going through difficult things, like an "eco-warrior" or a child bravely fighting an illness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/warrior/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In history lessons, pupils learn about Viking, Celtic, Maori and Samurai warriors; in stories and myths, warriors go on quests. In everyday life, children with serious illnesses are sometimes called "little warriors". In the Bible, David was a great warrior king. Phrases: "a brave warrior", "warrior queen", "eco-warrior", "weekend warrior" (informal).

### examples

- Boudicca was a warrior queen who fought the Romans. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/warrior/#x1)
- The Vikings were fierce warriors. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/warrior/#x2)
- The Maori haka was once a warrior's challenge before battle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/warrior/#x3)
- (Bible) King David was a mighty warrior. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/warrior/#x4)
- My cousin is a little warrior; she never gives up in hospital. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/warrior/#x5)
- The eco-warriors camped in the trees to save the forest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/warrior/#x6)
- The warrior lifted her shield and charged. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/warrior/#x7)
- Still the remaining warriors would not turn back. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/warrior/#x8)

### note

Countable: a warrior, warriors. Spelled with double r: warrior. Related: war. Similar words: fighter, soldier (a soldier is in an army; a warrior is often from older times or stories). "Weekend warrior" (informal) is someone who does sport or DIY only at weekends.

### In the corpora

- [Goliath was a giant Philistine warrior who challenged Israel's army to send one man to fight him, and everyone was afraid.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/8-ruth-and-david-and-goliath/11/)
- [And Oholah played the harlot when she was Mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians, warriors,](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.576/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «warrior» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/warrior/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.