war hawk
war hawk
nounDefinition of WAR HAWK
: a person who clamors for war; especially : a jingoistic American favoring war with Britain around 1812
Examples of WAR HAWK
- <war hawks in the cabinet who urged the President to respond to the threat with armed force>
First Known Use of WAR HAWK
1798
Related to WAR HAWK
Related Words: agitator, firebrand, fomenter, instigator, rabble-rouser; belligerent, combatant, militant; chauvinist
Near Antonyms: peacemaker; peacekeeper
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