Should Social Justice Warriors reclaim the term Social Justice Warriors?

From Wiktionary:

n. - warrior (plural warriors)

A person who is actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare; a soldier or combatant.

From Middle English werreour, from Anglo-Norman warrier Old French guerreier (“fighter, combattant”), from Late Latin guerra (“war”)

And from Wikipedia’s entry on the term:

A warrior is a person specializing in combat or warfare, especially within the context of a tribal or clan-based society that recognizes a separate warrior class or caste.

And from Dictionary.com:

a person engaged or experienced in warfare; soldier.

How could the word “warrior” NOT automatically imply war and violence? It literally means “one who wars”. It has ALWAYS meant that. It has never NOT meant that. I just… what?

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