war-songn.
/ˈwɔːsɒŋ/, U.S. /ˈwɔrˌsɔŋ/, /ˈwɔrˌsɑŋ/ A song inciting to war, or celebrating martial deeds.
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1757 W. Burke Acct. European Settlem. Amer. I. ii. iv. 182 The war songs are heard in all parts.
1775 J. Adair Hist. Amer. Indians 159 The leader..singing the war-song, and beating the drum.
1818 J. Keats Endymion iii. 134 Despair sung A war-song of defiance 'gainst all hell.
1840 G. C. Lewis tr. K. O. Müller Hist. Lit. Anc. Greece I. xiii. §3. 168 His war-songs express a stirring martial spirit.
1897 G. A. Henty On Irrawaddy 174 The Burmans..continued chanting a war-song, swaying themselves to its cadence.
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