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war party
noun
USuk /ˈwɔː ˌpɑː.ti/ us /ˈwɔːr ˌpɑːr.t̬i/
(alsowarparty)
in the past, a group of Native Americans who left their homes to fight a war:
The mural showed a Native American war party encountering a huge bison at a lakefront.
The warparty divided into smaller groups and was ready to take on the enemy.
a political party that supports or wants war :
A smaller military budget could have allowed more social spending, but the war party did not see it that way.
The downfall of the war party would be the best victory for this country.
A war party from that tribe attacked and looted a village in northern New Mexico.
The rangers gave warning about the movements of war parties and attacked them when possible.
Many members of the tribe died in a war party when a neighbouring tribe raided their camp and took their livestock.
Several of them are willing to stand against the President's war party.
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