Aggressor
a person, group, or nation that attacks first or initiates hostilities; an assailant or invader.
Contemporary Examples
When passions are enflamed, people will be less willing to sit down and negotiate with someone they view as an aggressor.
Venezuela Burns, Body Count Rises Juan Nagel March 15, 2014
Davis begins the film, punched by an aggressor into the gutter and ends it the same way.
Why No Oscar Love For ‘Inside Llewyn Davis’? Tim Teeman January 19, 2014
Everyone is trying to prove their point that one is the aggressor and one is the victim.
Israel and Gaza Battle Twitter War Over Rocket Attacks Mike Giglio November 16, 2012
Gladwell claims that the officer was trying to restrain his dogs while Gadsden was the aggressor.
Malcolm Gladwell In Five Minutes: What to Know to Pretend You’ve Read the New Book Thomas Flynn October 4, 2013
Hock, the source says, was the aggressor who clocked Casiraghi first.
Royal Showdown in New York Court Lizzie Crocker February 3, 2013
Historical Examples
I therefore decided to stay and play the rôle of the aggressor, although I had nothing—not even a lance—with which to fight.
My Attainment of the Pole Frederick A. Cook
Three times the aggressor was knocked entirely off his feet.
Blazed Trail Stories Stewart Edward White
The aggressor being well armed, proved too powerful for the native.
Stories About Indians Anonymous
Shall not our souls also sue for damages against its aggressor?
Mary, Mary James Stephens
It was not strong enough to withstand the collision and the aggressor in the fight barely kept his balance as the wood broke.
A Man of Two Countries Alice Harriman
n.
1670s, from Latin aggressor, agent noun from aggredi (see aggression).
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wronged, offended, or injured: He felt himself aggrieved. Law. deprived of legal rights or claims. troubled; worried; disturbed; unhappy. to oppress or wrong grievously; injure by injustice. to afflict with pain, anxiety, etc. Contemporary Examples John definitely did, and in the 1970s wrote an aggrieved, whiny book making the claim. The Wonderful, Horrible Life of […]
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- Agh.
(def 3).