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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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
You and I have been on a good many warpaths together.
From The Frontiersmen by Gustave Aimard
We have been riding with fierce warriors and proud kings and fiery prophets of Israel, passing the sites of royal splendour and fields of ancient havoc, retracing the warpaths of the Twelve Tribes.
From Out-of-Doors in the Holy Land Impressions of Travel in Body and Spirit by Henry Van Dyke
You are brave men: had you no enemies there, and no warpaths?
From To Have and to Hold by Mary Johnston
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
