According to the Random House Dictionary, the term warrior has two meanings. The first literal use refers to "a person engaged or experienced in warfare." The second figurative use refers to "a person who shows or has shown great vigor, courage, or aggressiveness, as in politics or athletics."

Warrior or Warriors may also refer to:

• Warrior of Hirschlanden
• Pier Gerlofs Donia
• The Unknown Warrior
• List of women warriors in folklore, literature, and popular culture
• A Warrior member of the Tribe of Mic-O-Say
• a geographic location within the state of Alabama (US)

Military vehicles and operations

• Warrior Tracked Armoured Vehicles used by the British Army
• OH-58D Kiowa Warrior
• Warrior class battleship
• HMS Warrior (1860)
• HMS Warrior (1905)
• HMS Warrior (R31)
• Cold warrior
• Urban Warrior
• Land Warrior
• Operation Warrior Sweep
• Operation Purple Warrior
• MQ-1C Warrior, an unmanned aerial vehicle currently being developed by the United States Army.
• Warrior (1832), a ship used during the Black Hawk War.

Popular culture

In cinema:

• Musa (film), a 2001 South Korean film released as The Warrior in English-speaking countries
• Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior, a 2003 Thailand film
• The 13th Warrior, a 1999 film
• The Warrior, a 2001 British-produced film set in India, spoken entirely in Hindi, and filmed by Asif Kapadia
• The Warrior (2006 film), a 2006 Chinese animation
• The Warriors, a 1979 film
• The Ultimate Warrior (1975 film)
• Warrior (2007 film), a 2007 Chinese animation
• Warriors, a 1999 television film
• Mexican Blow, a 2002 film about Mexican drug cartels also released as Warrior

In comics:

• Warrior (comics), a British anthology magazine
• Warrior, one alias of comic-book character Guy Gardner

In games:

• Dragon Warrior (I II, III, IV, VII)
• Blade Warrior
• Shadow Warrior
• Warhammer 40,000: Fire Warrior
• MegaMan NT Warrior
• Psychic Warrior (Dungeons & Dragons)
• Prince of Persia: Warrior Within
• Dynasty Warriors
• The Warriors (video game), based on the 1979 film of the same name(see above)
• Warrior (character class), a character class in many print and online role-playing games
• Warrior (arcade game), a 1979 arcade game, regarded as the first versus fighting game

In computers:

• CodeWarrior, an integrated development environment for computer systems
• Warrior Web Browser, a web browser completely written in Java.

In television:

• Xena: Warrior Princess
• Warrior (TUGS), from children's series TUGS
• God Warrior, the popular nickname for Marguerite Perrin, who made an appearance on the FOX network reality show Trading Spouses 2005 season premiere
• The Warrior (Stargate SG-1), an episode of Stargate SG-1
• Warriors, a 1999 BBC series set in Bosnia in 1992

In music:

• Warrior Soul, American hard rock band
• Warriors, former Yugoslav heavy metal band
• The Warrior, 1984 hit single by American band, Scandal
• Warrior, former name of heavy metal band Battleaxe. An American heavy metal named Warrior has existed since 1985.
• "Warriors", a song by Hawkwind from their 1975 album Warrior on the Edge of Time
• "Warriors Of The World", is both a song and album released in 2002 by American heavy metal/power metal band Manowar
• "Warrior" is an album released in 2007 by Michael Rose
• Warrior (album), is a 1994 album released by UK worship leader, Noel Richards
• "Warrior" was the initial psydonym used by UK electronic music producer Michael Woods
• "Warrior" - a 2008 promo single by rapper Nelly
• "Warrior" - a 2008 song and promotional video by Kid Rock featuring Dale Earnhardt Jr. produced for the United States National Guard.

In literature:

• Warrior (novel), a 2004 novel by Jennifer Fallon
• The Woman Warrior
• Warriors (novel series)
• David Warrior Noted British Underground writer and artist

Sports

• Warrior (wrestler) (a.k.a. The Ultimate Warrior) (born 1959 as Brian James Hellwig), former US professional wrestler & conservative political speaker
• The Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association, based in Oakland, California, formerly based in San Francisco and Philadelphia
• The Hawaii Rainbow Warriors (also known as the "Rainbow Warriors") of the Western Athletic Conference
• The University of Waterloo Warriors of Waterloo, Ontario
• The University of the East Red Warriors of the University Athletics Association of the Philippines
• New Zealand Warriors (formerly Auckland Warriors) are a rugby league team based in Auckland, New Zealand
• Wigan Warriors, an English rugby league team
• The Warriors cricket team, a South African cricket team based in Port Elizabeth
• The Western Warriors, an Australian first class cricket team representing the state of Western Australia
• Warrior Lacrosse, a lacrosse equipment manufacturer
• Bucharest Warriors, an American football team in Romania
• Warrior (sneaker), a Chinese brand of sneaker

Geography

• Black Warrior River
• Little Warrior River
• Locust Fork of the Black Warrior River
• Mulberry Fork of the Black Warrior River
• Sipsey Fork of the Black Warrior River
• Warrior, Alabama

See also

• Yamaha Warrior - a motorcycle
• Rainbow Warrior name of two ships operated by the radical political organization Greenpeace
• Road warrior
• The Warriors

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