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Meaning of hawkist | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

A hawk, someone who espouses hawkish politics, especially a hawkish foreign policy.

Examples

“In America the anti-war activists protested the hawkists with violence. In 1969 President Richard Nixon Vietnamized the Vietnam war after the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese bo doi suffered heavy casualties during the Tet Offensive (1968).”

CEFR level

B1

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

See also

hawklet hawkling hawknose hawknut Hawks Hawks Nest