Belligerent

a. [Lat. bellum, war, and gerens, gerentis, waging, p. pr. of gerere, to wage; Fr. belligerent. See supra.]

1. Waging war; carrying on war. “Belligerent powers.” E. Everett.
2. Tending, or pertaining, to war; as, a belligerent tone of debate, belligerent rights, &c.