{ } n. The quality of being belligerent. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. the act or state of being engaged in war or a warlike conflict; warfare.
Syn. -- hostilities. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. an aggressively hostile or warlike attitude or nature; a readiness to fight or offend, with little or no provocation. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

a. [ L. bellum war + gerens, -entis, waging, p. pr. of gerere to wage: cf. F. belligérant. See Bellicose, Jest. ] 1. Waging war; carrying on war. “Belligerent powers.” E. Everett. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Pertaining, or tending, to war; of or relating to belligerents; as, a belligerent tone; belligerent rights. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A nation or state recognized as carrying on war; a person engaged in warfare. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a belligerent manner; hostilely. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Carrying on war in conjunction with another power. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A nation or state that carries on war in connection with another. [ 1913 Webster ]

. [ L. digerens, p. pr. of digerere. See Digest. ] Digesting. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. gerens, p. pr. of gerere to bear, manage. ] Bearing; carrying. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A slender East African antelope (Litocranius walleri) with a long slim neck and backward-curving horns; called also Waller's gazelle, and in German Giraffengazelle. It feeds on the foliage of bushes and trees, and often stands erect on its hind legs, leaning against the bush, to browse on the higher branches; in this habit it is distinctive and easy to recognize.
Syn. -- Litocranius walleri. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

adj. not directly at war; as, nonbelligerent nations. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A country which is not involved in a war. [ PJC ]

n. The office of a vicegerent. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Vice, a. + gerent: cf. F. vice-gérant. ] Having or exercising delegated power; acting by substitution, or in the place of another. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An officer who is deputed by a superior, or by proper authority, to exercise the powers of another; a lieutenant; a vicar. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

The symbol and vicegerent of the Deity. C. A. Young. [ 1913 Webster ]