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Definition of "war-man" [war-man]

  • A warrior. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

Use "war-man" in a sentence
  • "So I gave him an hundred purses and despatched him to thee, in the habit of a merchant, whereas he is a captain and a war-man; and when they led thee to thy death after slaying the forty captives, I also sent thee this old woman to save thee from slaughter."
  • "The sweet war-man is dead and rotten; sweet chucks, beat not the bones of the buried: when he breathed, he was a man."
  • "All the youths seized their weapons; the huge war-drums, the hollowed bole of a tree fringed with Nyáre hide, was set up in the middle of the street; preparations for the week of singing and dancing which precedes a campaign were already in hand, and one war-man gave earnest of blood-shed by spearing a goat the property of Mr. Tippet."