war dance

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   a ceremonial dance performed before a battle or after a victory

   Broaderritual dancing

Questions about war dance

What does war dance mean?

war dance means "a ceremonial dance performed before a battle or after a victory".

Is war dance a common word?

war dance is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.