aggressor.
The person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression; that begins hostility or a quarrel; an assailant.
Meaning & usage
The person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression; that begins hostility or a quarrel; an assailant.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *gʰredʰ-der. Latin gradior Latin aggredior Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin aggressorder. English aggressor Derived from Latin aggressor (“attacker, assailant, aggressor”).
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