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ˈwar-party
1. A political party that favours war.
1798T. Jefferson Let. to J. Madison 26 Apr., Writ. 1854 IV. 237 Parker has completely gone over to the war party. 1835T. Mitchell Acharn. of Aristoph. 510 note, Why Lamachus is thus selected as the representative of the war-party in Athens is pretty evident. 1849C. Brontë Shirley iii, Moore was a bitter Whig—a Whig, at least, as far as opposition to the war-party was concerned. 1976Classical Q. XXVI. 257 The motives of the Spartan war-party are clearly stated.
2. a. A body of Indian ‘braves’ banded together for war.
1755in J. W. Lydekker Faithful Mohawks (1938) 84 He had ye care of providing for all ye War-parties of Indians that went thro' that place. c1800B. Hawkins Sk. Creek Country (1848) 70 The war parties all march in Indian file, with the leader in front. 1826J. F. Cooper Last of Mohicans xiii, The brothers and family of the Mohican formed our war-party. 1837R. M. Bird Nick of the Woods III. 108 There is a war-party of fourteen painted Wyandotts sleeping on the Council-square. 1876Bancroft Hist. U.S. IV. xv. 421 The backwoodsmen, who were hunters like the Indians,..were forming war-parties along the frontier.
b. transf. and fig.
1921C. A. W. Monckton Some Experiences New Guinea Resident Magistrate xxiv. 293 They had dispatched..a war party..and remorselessly slaughtered the Oobudura. 1946Sat. Even. Post 3 Aug. 81/2 Pass the word back to Mr. Topliff at the gallop! Here's his war party! 1957V. W. Turner Schism & Continuity in Afr. Society i. 7 He inflicted several defeats on a large war-party of Chokwe. 1969M. Pugh Last Place Left xiv. 99, A solitary raven scout..was summoning the raven war party to the scene. |