Usually means: Advocate for aggressive military action.
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  1. war hawk: Merriam-Webster
  2. war hawk: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. war hawk: Vocabulary.com
  4. war-hawk: Wordnik
  5. war hawk: Wiktionary
  6. war hawk: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  7. war hawk: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. war hawk: Dictionary.com
  9. War Hawk, War hawk: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. war hawk: Rhymezone
  11. war hawk: FreeDictionary.org
  12. war hawk: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. war hawk: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. War Hawk: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (war hawk)

▸ noun:  (figurative) A proponent of war or military intrusiveness.
▸ noun:  (literary, dated) An eagle.

Similar:
hawk, war hound, hawkery, warmonger, warnik, antiwarrior, war-monger, jingo, militarist, weaponist, more...

Opposite:
dove

Types:
chickenhawk, neoconservative, interventionist, more...

Phrases:
man of war hawk, more...

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Similar:
hawk, war hound, hawkery, warmonger, warnik, antiwarrior, war-monger, jingo, militarist, weaponist, more...

Opposite:
dove

Types:
chickenhawk, neoconservative, interventionist, more...

Phrases:
man of war hawk, more...



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