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belligerent

[L. belliger, warlike; belligero, to wage war; from bellum, war, and gero, to wage; part. gerens, gerentis, waging. Gr. war.]

2. Waging war; carrying on war; as a belligerent nation.

belligerent

noun
A nation, power or state carrying on war.