warlike

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

WARLIKE, adjective [war and like.] 1. Fit for war; disposed for war; as a warlike state. Old Siward with ten thousand warlike men. 2. Military; pertaining to war; as warlike toil. 3. Having a martial appearance. 4. Having the appearance of war.
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