Warres

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. An old spelling of the plural of war, referring to several armed conflicts between nations or groups
2. A archaic form meaning multiple armed struggles fought between opposing sides over a period of time
3. Earlier spelling used for several wars, that is, extended contests of organized armed violence

Etymology: "Warres" is the plural of "warre," an obsolete spelling of "war" that was used in Middle English and early modern English. Its earlier forms trace back to Old French "guerre" and, beyond that, to a Germanic root, the same source that gave English "war" its shape. The plural simply adds the old "-es" ending that marked many nouns in that period, so "warres" meant more than one conflict or more than one act of making war.