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Webster 1913 Edition
Aggressor
Ag-gres′sor
,Noun.
[L.: cf. F.
agresseur
.] The person who first attacks or makes an aggression; he who begins hostility or a quarrel; an assailant.
The insolence of the
aggressor
is usually proportioned to the tameness of the sufferer. Ames.
Webster 1828 Edition
Aggressor
AGGRESS'OR
,Noun.
The insolence of the aggressor is usually proportioned to the tameness of the sufferer.
Definition 2024
Aggressor
Aggressor
See also: aggressor
German
Noun
Aggressor m (genitive Aggressors, plural Aggressoren)
Declension
Declension of Aggressor
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | der | Aggressor | die | Aggressoren |
| genitive | eines | des | Aggressors | der | Aggressoren |
| dative | einem | dem | Aggressor | den | Aggressoren |
| accusative | einen | den | Aggressor | die | Aggressoren |
Related terms
aggressor
aggressor
See also: Aggressor
English
Alternative forms
- aggressour (obsolete)
Noun
aggressor (plural aggressors)
- The person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression; that begins hostility or a quarrel; an assailant.
Translations
the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression
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Latin
Etymology
From aggredior (“attack, assault”) + -sor (agentive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /aɡˈɡres.sor/, [aɡˈɡrɛs.sɔr]
Noun
aggressor m (genitive aggressōris); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | aggressor | aggressōrēs |
| genitive | aggressōris | aggressōrum |
| dative | aggressōrī | aggressōribus |
| accusative | aggressōrem | aggressōrēs |
| ablative | aggressōre | aggressōribus |
| vocative | aggressor | aggressōrēs |
Descendants
- English: aggressor
- Italian: aggressore
References
- aggressor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “aggressor”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.