Hypertext Webster Gateway: "aggressor"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Aggressor \Ag*gres"sor\, n. [L.: cf. F. agresseur.]
The person who first attacks or makes an aggression; he who
begins hostility or a quarrel; an assailant.
The insolence of the aggressor is usually proportioned
to the tameness of the sufferer. --Ames.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
aggressor
n 1: someone who attacks [syn: {attacker}, {assailant}, {assaulter}]
2: a confident assertive person who acts as instigator
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