Meanings
nounwarclub (plural warclubs)
plural warclubs · alternative war club
- A club used as a weapon of war by various indigenous peoples.
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
Origin
Translations
Polish pałka
- pałkaclub used as a weapon of war
Portuguese tacape
- tacapeclub used as a weapon of war
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APA
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MLA
“warclub.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/warclub. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “warclub,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/warclub.
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