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warcry

warcry is the alternative spelling of war cry.

Meaning of war cry

Noun

war cry (plural war cries)

  1. An exclamation intended to rally soldiers in battle; a battle cry.
    • Buried was the bloody hatchet, / Buried was the dreadful war-club, / Buried were all warlike weapons, / And the war-cry was forgotten.1855 November 10, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “Blessing the Corn-fields”, in The Song of Hiawatha, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, →OCLC, page 175

Forms of warcry

pluralwarcries

Questions about warcry

What is warcry the alternative spelling of?
Warcry is the alternative spelling of war cry.

Words near warcry in the dictionary

  1. Warcrafters
  2. warcrafts
  3. warcries
  4. warcrime
  5. warcrimes
  6. warcry
  7. ward
  8. Ward County
  9. ward heeler
  10. ward heelers
  11. Ward Hill

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