Definition of "War"

War

proper noun
1. Preceded by the: designating a particularly notable war.
  1. (obsolete) World War I.
    Quotations
    Through much of the War, Hitler carried his painter's kit, did water colors of War-ruined buildings.
    1939 October 30, “Paintings by Adolf Hitler”, in Life, volume 7, number 18, New York, N.Y.: Time Inc., page 52
  2. (chiefly Britain, informal) World War II.
2. The personification of war, often depicted in armour and riding a red horse; the red rider.
3. A city in West Virginia, United States.