BELLIGERENT

a. n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Waging war; carrying on war. "Belligerent powers." E. Everett.

2.
a.

Pertaining, or tending, to war; of or relating to belligerents; as, a belligerent tone; belligerent rights.

3.
n.

A nation or state recognized as carrying on war; a person engaged in warfare.