- (p.pr.) Waging war; carrying on war.
- (n.) A nation or state recognized as carrying on war; a person engaged in warfare.
- (p.pr.) Pertaining or tending, to war; of or relating to belligerents; as, a belligerent tone; belligerent rights.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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