English → Latin
“warrior” in Latin
mīlesA soldier.; A knight.; A man in boardgames such as ludus latrunculi and chess.pugnōto fight, combat, battle, engage; to contend, conflict, oppose, contradict; to endeavour, struggle, striveproeliorto fight (in battle)
The English word warrior itself goes back to Latin werra.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
warrior
miles (general term, a soldier): miles fortis (☞ bellator, pugnator, proeliator, occur only in poets and in poetic prose; in this respect corresponding with the ordinary use of our word “warrior”): homo militaris, vir militaris (of persons experienced in war). A great, distinguished warrior, (juvenis) bello egregius (brave, etc.): (vir) militiae peritissimus (of a veteran general). To be a great, distinguished warrior, maximas res in bello gessisse; bellica laude florere: to be as great a warrior as a statesman, magnum esse bello, nec minorem pace; non praestantiorem esse in armis quam in toga: to be an experienced warrior and statesman, multum in imperiis magistratibusque versatum esse (Nep., Milt. 8, 2; Vid: commentators in loc.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for warrior?
- The usual Latin words for “warrior” are mīles, pugnō, proelior. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.