Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A god of war; a deity who personifies or presides over war.

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Examples

  • Curiously, I gave the war-god Woden a deep booming voice in the scene in Exile, which was written long before I saw the documentary about the Sutton Hoo helmet.

    Early medieval armies: numbers Carla 2010

  • Conan the Barbarian -- Conan is Mars, the war-god.

    MIND MELD: Who are the Most Memorable Characters in Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror? 2008

  • Diana, Princess of Wales rides around in shining white motorcycle leathers on a semi-sentient motorbike, doing battle with the war-god, Landmines, and Bonnie Prince Charlie, from whom she took her mystic powers of Royalty.

    Archive 2009-02-01 Greg Tannahill 2009

  • Vexingly, meanwhile, the half-blood daughter of the war-god Ares is in a snit and won't fight; a spy is lurking in Percy's ranks; and the enemy has unleashed a flying pig that belches noxious gas.

    The Last Olympian 2009

  • Diana, Princess of Wales rides around in shining white motorcycle leathers on a semi-sentient motorbike, doing battle with the war-god, Landmines, and Bonnie Prince Charlie, from whom she took her mystic powers of Royalty.

    Diana, Warrior Princess Greg Tannahill 2009

  • Named for the war-god Mars and son of a tribune, he was destined for a promising military career, until the famous and oft-repeated incident in which he divided his scarlet cloak in half to clothe a naked beggar in Amiens, only to see in a dream later that the beggar to whom he had extended his charity was Jesus Christ Himself.

    Thoughts on November 11. de Brantigny........................ 2008

  • We The People! are fed up with war-god “father” figures and are yearning for something more pacifistic.

    Obama as Mother? | Mind on Fire 2008

  • Rome's "red" war-god Mars was once an Etruscan fertility-savior Maris, worshipped at an ancient shrine in the Apennines, Matiene.

    Archive 2008-04-01 Jan 2008

  • Ares is the Greek war-god, whom the Romans called Mars.

    Archive 2008-10-01 Carla 2008

  • Named for the war-god Mars and son of a tribune, he was destined for a promising military career, until the famous and oft-repeated incident in which he divided his scarlet cloak in half to clothe a naked beggar in Amiens, only to see in a dream later that the beggar to whom he had extended his charity was Jesus Christ Himself.

    Archive 2008-11-09 de Brantigny........................ 2008

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