aggressor

Definition

The person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression; that begins hostility or a quarrel; an assailant.

Etymology

From Latin aggressor (“attacker, assailant, aggressor”).

Example Sentences

• "Hitler and the Japanese generals miscalculated badly, 10 years ago, when they thought we would not be able to use our economic power effectively for the defeat of aggression. Let would-be aggressors make no such mistake today."