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war-song
A song inciting to war, or celebrating martial deeds.
1757[Burke] Europ. Settlem. Amer. I. ii. iv. 182 The war songs are heard in all parts. 1775Adair Amer. Ind. 159 The leader..singing the war-song, and beating the drum. 1818Keats Endym. iii. 603 Despair sung A war-song of defiance 'gainst all hell. 1840C. O. Müller's Hist. Lit. Greece xiii. §3. 168 His war-songs express a stirring martial spirit. 1897Henty On Irrawaddy 174 The Burmans..continued chanting a war-song, swaying themselves to its cadence. |