Aggressor

Aggressor
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. [1913 Webster]

The insolence of the aggressor is usually proportioned to the tameness of the sufferer. --Ames. [1913 Webster]


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