Dictionary entry

Warlike

Webster's Dictionary 1913

War″like′ (?), a. 1. Fit for war; disposed for war; as, a warlike state; a warlike disposition.

Old Siward, with ten thousand warlike men. Shak.

2. Belonging or relating to war; military; martial.

The great archangel from his warlike toil Surceased. Milton.

Syn. — Martial; hostile; soldierly. See Martial.