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warriors' lodge Hist.

• 1 a teepee or lodge erected as the headquarters of the war chief during a state of war.

  See also: war chief  war lodge (def. 1)  

  • 1913  In this camp of the allies each tribe had set up a Warrior's Lodge of its own

• 2 a war chief and his warriors, who held authority in a tribe during war.

  See also: war chief  war lodge (def. 2)  

  • 1913  . . . the Warriors' Lodge had to be supported by contributions, voluntary and otherwise, from the camp at large.