warpath
noun
especially historically, the path or course taken by Native Americans on a warlike expedition.
warpaths
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pluralof warpath.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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I had been on many warpaths, but was not especially successful until about the time the Sioux began to fight with the white man.
From Indian Heroes and Great Chieftains by Charles Alexander Eastman
Perhaps, for he had ridden on a great many warpaths with the fierce and merciless Lipans.
From The Talking Leaves An Indian Story by William Osborn Stoddard
All these familiar warpaths to every Waubanakee warrior, with every stream and landmark bearing names his fathers had given them, led through Vermont, then only known to English-speaking men as "The Wilderness."
From Vermont A Study of Independence by Rowland E. (Evans) Robinson
You are brave men: had you no enemies there, and no warpaths?
From To Have and to Hold by Mary Johnston
You and I have been on a good many warpaths together.
From The Frontiersmen by Gustave Aimard
