hawkist adjective 1noun 1forms 3 adjective1 •hawkishThe Socialist Party's Janata said in its editorial that it would be better to talk to Bhutto than to push him into a corner "leading to his replacement by a less mercurial but more hawkist leader". — 1987 noun1 •A hawk, someone who espouses hawkish politics, especially a hawkish foreign policy. formshawkists · more hawkist · most hawkist
