Bible Dictionaries
Belligerent

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

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

(2):

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

(3):

(p. pr.) Waging war; carrying on war.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Belligerent'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​b/belligerent.html. 1828.