"werrour" meaning in Middle English

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Noun

IPA: /wɛrˈuːr/, /wɛrˈiu̯r/, /ˈwɛrur/, /ˈwɛrər/, /warˈuːr/ [Late-Middle-English], /ˈwarur/ [Late-Middle-English], /ˈwarər/ [Late-Middle-English]
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman guerreur or Middle French guerreur; remodelled as werre (“war”) + -our. Some forms are instead reanalysed as werre + -er. Etymology templates: {{bor|enm|xno|guerreur}} Anglo-Norman guerreur, {{cog|frm|guerreur}} Middle French guerreur, {{af|enm|werre|-our|id1=war|t1=war}} werre (“war”) + -our, {{af|enm|werre|-er|id1=war|nocat=1}} werre + -er Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} werrour, {{enm-noun|werrours}} werrour (plural werrours) Forms: werrours [plural], wereur [alternative], weorrur [alternative], weorreur [alternative], werrur [alternative], werreur [alternative], werrer [alternative], werrure [alternative], werroure [alternative], werere [alternative], werrowre [alternative]
  1. A warrior or combatant; one who partakes in battles.
    Sense id: en-werrour-enm-noun-MJnZoPQ4 Categories (other): Middle English terms suffixed with -our, War Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -our: 46 54 Disambiguation of War: 96 4
  2. One who inflicts battle, hardship or strife or likes discord.
    Sense id: en-werrour-enm-noun-HRWxPXF2 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -our, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, People Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -our: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 43 57 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 38 62 Disambiguation of People: 44 56
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Military Disambiguation of Military: 0 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "ipa": "/ˈwɛrər/"
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