war-party

war party

noun
1.
U.S. History. a group of American Indians prepared for war.
2.
any political party or group that advocates war.

Origin:
1745–55, Americanism

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war party

noun
1. a band of warriors who raid or fight an enemy (used especially of Native Americans) 
2. a political party that supports a war 
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War-party is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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