council of war

council of war (plural councils of war)

1. A committee of high-ranking military officers convened to consult on urgent matters in wartime.

   Synonym: war council

2. A meeting convened to address a crisis or to make a plan of attack.

   Synonym: war council

   to hold a council of war

• “council of war”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “council of war”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “council of war”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “council of war” (US) / “council of war” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.