war cryn.

Brit.

/ˈwɔː krʌɪ/, U.S.

/ˈwɔr ˌkraɪ/

Etymology: Compare French cri de guerre.

a. A cry (whether a shout or a significant name or phrase) uttered by a body of fighters to encourage each other in charging the enemy or in rallying to the fray.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > armed encounter > [noun] > battle or a battle > battle-cry or slogan

descryc1450

ensign1487

escry1489

senyea1510

slogan1513

cry1548

larum1555

hubbaboo1596

field wordc1625

celeusma1680

tecbir1708

war-whoop1739

war cry1748

scalp yell1792

banner-cry1810

battle-cry1815

battle-word1815

hurrah1841

rebel yell1862

on-cry1899

1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson i. iii. 30 Orellana placed his hands hollow to his mouth, and bellowed out the war-cry used by those savages.

1757 W. Burke Acct. European Settlem. Amer. I. ii. iv. 187 Setting up a most tremendous shout, which they call the war cry, they pour a storm of musquet bullets upon the enemy.

1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. at Slogan The war-cry, or gathering word, of a clan.

1815 M. Elphinstone Acct. Kingdom Caubul ii. v. 216 Proclaiming the Selaut (or war-cry of the Mussulmans).

1836 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece III. xxiii. 290 The army followed with an appalling war-cry.

b. figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > indication > that which identifies or distinguishes > word or cry > [noun] > watchword or rallying cry

wake-word1510

byworda1513

cry1548

mackerel cry1716

watchword1738

view halloo1761

rallying cry1793

rallying word1793

war cry1836

1836 S. Houston Let. 25 Apr. in W. B. Dewees & ‘C. Cardelle’ Lett. from Early Settler Texas (1852) 198 Col. Sherman, with his regiment,..rung the war cry, ‘Remember the Alamo’.

1837 C. Dickens Let. 24 Sept. (1965) I. 312 Of course we refused it—a new agreement and copyright, being the War Cry.

1848 Sir J. Graham in C. S. Parker Life & Lett. (1907) II. 69 A further reform of the representation will be the stalking-horse of the ambitious, and the war-cry of their dupes.

1880 (title) The War-Cry and Official Gazette of the Salvation Army.

1902 L. Stephen Stud. of Biographer IV. ii. 72 He was content with any general principle which would serve for a war-cry.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	war cry
释义	war cryn. Brit. /ˈwɔː krʌɪ/, U.S. /ˈwɔr ˌkraɪ/ Etymology: Compare French cri de guerre. a. A cry (whether a shout or a significant name or phrase) uttered by a body of fighters to encourage each other in charging the enemy or in rallying to the fray. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed encounter > [noun] > battle or a battle > battle-cry or slogan descryc1450 ensign1487 escry1489 senyea1510 slogan1513 cry1548 larum1555 hubbaboo1596 field wordc1625 celeusma1680 tecbir1708 war-whoop1739 war cry1748 scalp yell1792 banner-cry1810 battle-cry1815 battle-word1815 hurrah1841 rebel yell1862 on-cry1899 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson i. iii. 30 Orellana placed his hands hollow to his mouth, and bellowed out the war-cry used by those savages. 1757 W. Burke Acct. European Settlem. Amer. I. ii. iv. 187 Setting up a most tremendous shout, which they call the war cry, they pour a storm of musquet bullets upon the enemy. 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. at Slogan The war-cry, or gathering word, of a clan. 1815 M. Elphinstone Acct. Kingdom Caubul ii. v. 216 Proclaiming the Selaut (or war-cry of the Mussulmans). 1836 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece III. xxiii. 290 The army followed with an appalling war-cry. b. figurative. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > that which identifies or distinguishes > word or cry > [noun] > watchword or rallying cry wake-word1510 byworda1513 cry1548 mackerel cry1716 watchword1738 view halloo1761 rallying cry1793 rallying word1793 war cry1836 1836 S. Houston Let. 25 Apr. in W. B. Dewees & ‘C. Cardelle’ Lett. from Early Settler Texas (1852) 198 Col. Sherman, with his regiment,..rung the war cry, ‘Remember the Alamo’. 1837 C. Dickens Let. 24 Sept. (1965) I. 312 Of course we refused it—a new agreement and copyright, being the War Cry. 1848 Sir J. Graham in C. S. Parker Life & Lett. (1907) II. 69 A further reform of the representation will be the stalking-horse of the ambitious, and the war-cry of their dupes. 1880 (title) The War-Cry and Official Gazette of the Salvation Army. 1902 L. Stephen Stud. of Biographer IV. ii. 72 He was content with any general principle which would serve for a war-cry. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1748
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