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aggressor
noun
[ əˈɡrɛsə ]
• a person or country that attacks another first.
Similar:
attacker
, assaulter,
assailant
,
invader
,
instigator
, provoker,
initiator
,
warmonger
,
offender
,
Opposite:
victim
, retaliator,
Origin:
mid 17th century: from late Latin, from aggredi ‘to attack’ (see aggression).
