Noun
war party (plural war parties)
A group of people assembled to carry out a military attack.
Before the war is ended, the war party assumes the divine right to denounce and silence all opposition to war as unpatriotic and cowardly. Robert M. La Follette Sr.
In times of peace, the war party insists on making preparation for war. As soon as prepared for, it insists on making war. Robert M. La Follette Sr.
If there is no sufficient reason for war, the war party will make war on one pretext, then invent another. Robert M. La Follette Sr.
Every nation has its war party... It is commercial, imperialistic, ruthless. It tolerates no opposition. Robert M. La Follette Sr.
Either way, the war party killed five men and the station was burned.sfn During the following weeks, other isolated incidents occurred when whites in Paiute country were ambushed and killed. Source: Internet
After the fall of Benin City, the British war party felt that with the Uromi and Uzea army still standing in Esanland, Benin city could re-group; thus they launched an unprovoked and a pre-emptive war on Uromi and Uzea. Source: Internet