word-vault/dist/data/cards/wa/warrior.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "warrior",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "(especially in the past) a person who fights in a battle or war",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a warrior nation *(= whose people are skilled in fighting)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a Zulu warrior"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He saved his fellow warrior."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He views himself as a holy warrior."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the armchair warriors at the Department of Defense"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the graves of the fallen warriors"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the last of the ancient warriors"
                },
                {
                    "text": "A Viking warrior would be buried with his weapons: usually his sword, spear, shield and battleaxe."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["fearless", "fierce", "formidable"],
                "… of warriors": ["band"],
                "warrior + verb": ["fight"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a person who leads or takes part in a campaign for a political or social cause, especially in an aggressive way that other people think is bad",
            "labels": "(often disapproving)",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "These **social justice warriors** want to apply their politically correct standards and rules to others' speech."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Social issues"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈwɒriə(r)/",
                "audio": "wa/warrior/warrior__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈwɔːriər/",
                "audio": "wa/warrior/warrior__us_1_rr.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old Northern French werreior, variant of Old French guerreior, from guerreier ‘make war’, from guerre ‘war’."
}