BELLIG'ERENT, adjective [Latin belliger, warlike; belligero, to wage war; from bellum, war, and gero, to wage; part. gerens, gerentis, waging. Gr. war.] Waging war; carrying on war; as a belligerent nation. BELLIG'ERENT, noun A nation, power or state carrying on war.
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