when I use '#define DWORD unsigned long' , why does the compiler give me a warning?

I use the following statement in my include file to define a new data type:
#define DWORD unsigned long

however, the compiler give me the following warning:
Warnning C317:redefinition of macro 'DWORD'. but i never defined it anywhere in my source files!

pls give me some help!

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