Variations of The Term
The term "hawk" has been appropriated in modern U.S. usage to refer to any fierce advocate for a cause or policy, such as "deficit hawk", "privacy hawk", etc.
The term also gave rise to the term "chicken hawk", referring to a war hawk who avoided military service.
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