Dictionary

warpath en · NOUN

Etymology

From war + path.

Meanings

1. (historical) The route taken by a party of Native Americans going on a warlike expedition.
   • He went often to visit the spot where the women had buried her, and sat musing there, when, it was thought, by some of his friends, he would have done better to try to amuse himself in the chase, or by diverting his thoughts in the war-path. 1856, Henry R. Schoolcraft, The Myth of Hiawatha, and Other Oral Legends:
2. (figuratively) A course of action that leads to battle or hostility.

Forms

Translations (16)

fr sentier de la guerre (course of action that leads to hostility) · fi sotajalka (course of action that leads to hostility) · sh ратна стаза (course of action that leads to hostility) · nn krigsstig (course of action that leads to hostility) · cmn 敵對行動 /敌对行动 (course of action that leads to hostility) · es pie de guerra (course of action that leads to hostility) · fi sotapolku (course of action that leads to hostility) · da krigssti (course of action that leads to hostility) · sh ratna staza (course of action that leads to hostility) · cmn 出征路途 (course of action that leads to hostility) · sv krigsstig (course of action that leads to hostility) · cs válečná stezka (course of action that leads to hostility) · nb krigssti (course of action that leads to hostility) · nn krigssti (course of action that leads to hostility) · ru тропа́ войны́ (course of action that leads to hostility) · de Kriegspfad (course of action that leads to hostility)