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What does hawkish mean?

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Adjective
  1. Supportive of warlike foreign policy; bellicose; inclined toward military action.
  2. Favouring increasing interest rates; inclined towards increasing interest rates.
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A hawkish nose stretched out from his face and golden-silver hair fell around his shoulders.
When that man was in charge of monetary policy, he was known as the most hawkish Reserve Bank governor in the entire developed world.
It's an unglamorous performance and the director makes full use of her hard, hawkish features.
He's the man who helped persuade hawkish editors at influential Newsweek magazine to oppose the Vietnam War.
He leaned forward, his sharp, hawkish nose looking almost absurdly dangerous.
It's been reported that of the inner circle at the White House, you were the most hawkish.

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