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a person who decided fear was just adrenaline waiting for instructions.

means A person who fights, especially one experienced and skilled in battle or armed combat.

from From Old French 'guerreier,' a fighter, built on 'guerre' meaning war — itself borrowed from a Germanic root (related to 'werra,' meaning confusion or strife) that also gave English the word 'war.' So 'warrior' is, quite literally, 'one of the war,' carrying its old battlefield down through the centuries.

sleep ritual
Maori warriors danced the haka before battle, not after
female ranks
Dahomey's all-women army terrified colonial French troops
pay structure
Aztec warriors earned status by capturing, not killing, enemies
lasting word
comes from Old French werreior, meaning maker of war
for instance

william wallace — scottish knight who led resistance against english rule, died 1305

joan of arc — french military commander who led forces in hundred years war, executed 1431

sitting bull — lakota sioux leader who defeated custer at little bighorn, 1876

tomyris — massagetae queen who defeated cyrus the great, 6th century bc

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