battle cry

1. 1.

   a yell intended to rally a group of soldiers in battle

   Synonymswar crywar whooprallying cry

   Broadercry
2. 2.

   a slogan used to rally support for a cause

   “a cry to arms”

   “our watchword will be `democracy'”

   Synonymswar cryrallying crycrywatchword

   Broadermotto

Questions about battle cry

What does battle cry mean?

battle cry means "a yell intended to rally a group of soldiers in battle". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for battle cry?

Close synonyms include war cry, war whoop, rallying cry, war cry, rallying cry. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is battle cry a common word?

battle cry is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.