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  Belligerent \Bel*lig"er*ent\, n.
     A nation or state recognized as carrying on war; a person
     engaged in warfare.
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  Belligerent \Bel*lig"er*ent\, a. [L. bellum war + gerens,
     -entis, waging, p. pr. of gerere to wage: cf. F.
     bellig['e]rant. See Bellicose, Jest.]
     1. Waging war; carrying on war. "Belligerent powers." --E.
        Everett.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Pertaining, or tending, to war; of or relating to
        belligerents; as, a belligerent tone; belligerent rights.
        [1913 Webster]

  belligerent
      adj 1: characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight;
             "aggressive acts against another country"; "a belligerent
             tone" [syn: aggressive, belligerent]
      2: engaged in war; "belligerent (or warring) nations" [syn:
         belligerent, militant, war-ridden, warring]
      n 1: someone who fights (or is fighting) [syn: combatant,
           battler, belligerent, fighter, scrapper]

  148 Moby Thesaurus words for "belligerent":
     acrid, aggressive, antagonist, antagonistic, antipathetic, ardent,
     argumental, argumentative, attacking, battler, battling, bellicose,
     belted knight, bickerer, bickering, bitter, blade, bloodthirsty,
     bloody, bloody-minded, bravo, brawler, bully, bullyboy,
     cat-and-dog, cat-and-doggish, caustic, chauvinist, chauvinistic,
     clashing, colliding, combatant, combative, competitor, conflicting,
     contender, contentious, contestant, controversial, despiteful,
     disputant, disputatious, divisive, duelist, enemy, enforcer,
     eristic, factional, factious, fencer, ferocious, feuder, fierce,
     fighter, fighting, fighting cock, foilsman, full of fight,
     full of hate, gamecock, gladiator, goon, gorilla, hatchet man,
     hateful, hawk, hawkish, hood, hoodlum, hooligan, hostile, hot,
     inimical, invading, irascible, irritable, jingo, jingoish,
     jingoist, jingoistic, jouster, knight, litigious, malevolent,
     malicious, malignant, martial, militant, militaristic, military,
     offensive, partisan, plug-ugly, polarizing, polemic, pugnacious,
     quarreler, quarrelsome, rancorous, repugnant, rioter, rival, rough,
     rowdy, ruffian, saber-rattling, sabreur, sanguinary, sanguineous,
     savage, scrapper, scrappy, scuffler, set against, shrewish,
     soldierlike, soldierly, sore, spiteful, squabbler, strong arm,
     strong-arm man, strong-armer, struggler, swashbuckler, sword,
     swordplayer, swordsman, tempered, thug, tilter, tough,
     trigger-happy, truculent, tussler, unfriendly, unpacific,
     unpeaceable, unpeaceful, venomous, virulent, vitriolic, warlike,
     warmonger, warmongering, warring, wrangler, wrangling