a. Obs. rare. [f. L. belliger war-waging, f. bellum war + -ger, -carrying on.] Waging war; belligerent.
1731. Bailey, Belligerous, making or waging war.
1755. in Johnson.
1784. J. Barry, Lect. Art, i. (1848), 66. The public energies, seldom belligerous, were generally directed to objects of public utility.
