Man of war

Submitted by St. Sol on 2021-10-15

Meanings of "Man of war"

English

(also: man-of-war) - any type of heavily armed warship (especially of the British Royal Navy) from the 16th to the 19th centuries.

Explained by St. SolSt. Sol on Fri, 15/10/2021 - 16:05
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"Man of war" in lyrics

La Bottine Souriante - The Ziguezon

Is not for a baron
The ziguezon zin zon (repeat)
But for a man of war
With hair on his chin 1

  • 1. I know this is an idiom, I tried searching what it means but each source had a different meaning, ranging from "To have a beard" to "to be experienced/ old enough" so I decided to literally translate it instead.

Radiohead - Man of War

[Refrain]
You’re my man of war
You’re my man of war
Yeah, the worms will come for you, big boots

La Bottine Souriante - The Ziguezon

Is not for a baron
The Ziguezon zin zon
But for a man of war
Who has a hairy chin

Leonard Cohen - Story of Isaac

I will kill you if I can.
And mercy on our uniform,
Man of peace or man of war,
The peacock spreads his fan.

Peyton Parrish - We Are Vikings

We are vikings

Man of honor, man of war
Tales be told forever more

Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag (OST) - William Taylor

[Verse 2]
Sailor's clothing she put on
And went to a board a man-of-war
Her pretty little fingers long and slender

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Paul Revere’s Ride

Just as the moon rose over the bay,
Where swinging wide at her moorings lay
The Somerset, British man-of-war:
A phantom ship, with each mast and spar

Mark Safan - Win in the end

I could change the pattern
Steal a ring from Saturn
Forge myself into a man-of-war

Alan Stivell - The Cob

And striking woe onto the French !

A man-of-war's the bay entered
With Its white sails fully hoisted.

Sabaton - Man of War

Masters of the wind
Metal warriors number one
Sleipnir met the king of kings
Where all men play on ten

Altan (Ireland) - My Love

There is one man I care
Whom Aoife dismissed
And put on board the “Man-of-War”

Hilltop Hoods - Leave Me Lonely

You're like Paul Manafort
A giant and spineless jellyfish
A man o' war, I'm a man of war
Be silent, all right

Vashti Bunyan - Jellyfish

Was a Portuguese Man of War
Then I saw that all that you saw
Was a Portuguese Man of War

Punch Brothers - All Ashore

Singing, love, I know I promised more than this

Momma cuts through the morning like a man-of-war
Daddy burns through diversions like a meteor

Georg Friedrich Händel - HWV 54 Israel in Egypt 22.The Lord is a man of war..

DUET (2 basses)
The Lord is a man of war:
Lord is His name.

Rafael Alberti - If my voice dies on land

Carry it down to the sea,
And appoint it the captain
Of a white man of war.
 

Édith Piaf - Céline

Who just keeps on crying..."
His captain answers
Like a man of war
"Your pretty passport

Sly Fox - Let's Go All The Way

Looks like an apple core (apple core)
Asphalt jungle
Got to be a man-of-war

Aria - Your day (Твой День)

You couldn't breathe easily

Unwelcome guest is a man of war
Pain feels in the heart as a rusted nail

English Folk - Belgium Put the Kibosh on the Kaiser

The Kaiser said 'Be careful,
If by Jellicoe they're seen,
Then every man-of-war I've got
Will be a submarine'.