war-god, war-goddess
A god or goddess who presides over war. Also fig.
| c 1611 Chapman Iliad v. 30 The War-god..Who raged so on the Ilion side. 1837 Carlyle Fr. Rev. I. v. iii. (heading), Broglie the War-God. 1860 Geo. Eliot Mill on Fl. vi. x, Maggie..glared at him like a wounded war-goddess. 1906 W. A. Craigie Relig. Anc. Scand. i. 15 Odin..is a war-god, who assigns victory or defeat to men. |