Noah Webster
Belligerent
BELLIG'ERENT, adjective [Latin belliger, warlike; belligero, to wage war; from bellum, war, and gero, to wage; part. gerens, gerentis, waging. Gr. war.]
Waging war; carrying on war; as a belligerent nation.
BELLIG'ERENT, noun A nation, power or state carrying on war.