aggressor

Synonyms for aggressor

noun attacker

noun. person engaged in hostile encounter

noun. person engaged in hostile encounter

1670s, from Latin aggressor, agent noun from aggredi (see aggression).

This may lead to a long-shot duel between the aggressor and the aggrieved.

Then haughtily he demanded to know in his turn the name of their aggressor.

Kenneth parried narrowly, his blade pointing straight at his aggressor.

A hound caught him by the leg; turning, he caught the aggressor by the muzzle.

Three times the aggressor was knocked entirely off his feet.

I offered to apologize to Mr. Parasyte, but not to Poodles, who was the aggressor in the beginning.

This was sure to happen if Britain was, or seemed to be, the aggressor.

In all the troubles of my people, the white man has been the first aggressor.

Then appears Amaury with a false story, making Huon the aggressor.

Woe to him who strikes a Brahmana, more woe to him who flies at his aggressor!