War Department

noun

U.S. History.

1. the department of the federal government that, from 1789 until 1947, was responsible for defense and the military establishment: in 1947 it became the Department of the Army, which became part of the Department of Defense when it was established in 1949.

Example Sentences

In the end, the president will get his War Department.

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Ten of them are being deployed by a newly branded War Department to Puerto Rico to combat drug traffickers in dinghies.

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He has also reportedly called for the Defence Department to be renamed the War Department and for a 10-year ban on generals working as defence contractors after leaving the military.

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He's an analyst for the War Department in World War II, probably because of his language skills.

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Linklater gets choked up recalling the scene in Episode 1 with the extras in the War Department’s telegraph room when they got the news that Robert E. Lee, the leader of the South, has surrendered.

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