adj
Meaning 1
Fighting or disposed to fight; belligerent, warlike.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
militant
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Pronunciation
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adj
Meaning 2
Aggressively supporting of an idea, group, political or social cause, etc.; adamant, combative.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
A soldier, a combatant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 4
An entrenched or aggressive adherent to a particular cause, now especially a member of a particular ideological faction.
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noun
Meaning 5
Someone who supports the Trotskyist political view expressed in the newspaper Militant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: specifically
Topics: communism, government, human-sciences, ideology, philosophy, politics, sciences
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adjective satellite
Meaning 6
showing a fighting disposition
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- highly competitive sales representative
- militant in fighting for better wages for workers
- his self-assertive and ubiquitous energy
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: competitive
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 7
engaged in war
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- belligerent (or warring) nations
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: belligerent, war-ridden, warring
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 8
disposed to warfare or hard-line policies
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- militant nations
- hawkish congressman
- warlike policies
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hawkish, warlike
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 9
a militant reformer
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: activist
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: reformer, reformist, crusader, social reformer, meliorist
Narrower terms: Black Muslim, Black Panther, Malcolm X, Malcolm Little
History
Etymology
From Middle French militant, from Latin mīlitāns, present participle of mīlitāre (“to serve as a soldier”).
Across languages
Translations
47 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Belarusian: ваяўні́чы (vajawníčy) — warlike, belligerent
- Bulgarian: войнствен (vojnstven) — warlike, belligerent
- Chinese Mandarin: 好战的 (hào zhàn de) — warlike, belligerent
- French: militant — warlike, belligerent
- German: militant — warlike, belligerent
- German: kämpferisch — warlike, belligerent
- Hungarian: harcos — warlike, belligerent
- Hungarian: harcoló — warlike, belligerent
- Hungarian: harcias — warlike, belligerent
- Hungarian: militáns — warlike, belligerent
- Kyrgyz: согушчул (soguşcul) — warlike, belligerent
- Malay: militan — warlike, belligerent
- Punjabi: ਲੜਾਕਾ (laṛākā) — warlike, belligerent
- Russian: вои́нствующий (voínstvujuščij) — warlike, belligerent
- Russian: вои́нственный (voínstvennyj) — warlike, belligerent
- Russian: боево́й (bojevój) — warlike, belligerent
- Ukrainian: войовни́чий (vojovnýčyj) — warlike, belligerent
- Ukrainian: бойови́й (bojovýj) — warlike, belligerent
- Armenian: մարտնչող (martnčʻoġ) — aggressively active or supportive
- Bulgarian: агресивен (agresiven) — aggressively active or supportive
- Catalan: militant — aggressively active or supportive
- German: militant — aggressively active or supportive
- Hungarian: harcias — aggressively active or supportive
- Malay: militan — aggressively active or supportive
- Occitan: militant — aggressively active or supportive
- Russian: боево́й (bojevój) — aggressively active or supportive
- Spanish: militante — aggressively active or supportive
- Arabic: مُقَاتِل (muqātil) — aggressive adherent
- Arabic: مُحَارِب (muḥārib) — aggressive adherent
- Arabic: مُنَاضِل (munāḍil) — aggressive adherent
- Arabic: مُكَافِح (mukāfiḥ) — aggressive adherent
- Arabic: مِغْوَار (miḡwār) — aggressive adherent
- Azerbaijani: yaraqlı — aggressive adherent
- Belarusian: баяві́к (bajavík) — aggressive adherent
- Hungarian: harcos — aggressive adherent
- Māori: kaiwhakatūtū — aggressive adherent
- Punjabi: ਯੋਧਾ (yodhā) — aggressive adherent
- Punjabi: ਜੋਧਾ (jodhā) — aggressive adherent
- Punjabi: ਖਾੜਕੂ (khāṛkū) — aggressive adherent
- Russian: боеви́к (bojevík) — aggressive adherent
- Russian: милита́нт (militánt) — aggressive adherent
- Ukrainian: бойови́к (bojovýk) — aggressive adherent
- Ukrainian: міліта́нт (militánt) — aggressive adherent
- Yiddish: מיליטאַנט (militant) — aggressive adherent
- Bulgarian: троцкист (trockist) — one who supports a Trotskyite political view
- Russian: троцки́ст (trockíst) — one who supports a Trotskyite political view
- Russian: троцки́стка (trockístka) — one who supports a Trotskyite political view