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militant
[ mil-i-tuhnt ]
adjective
- aggressively active or combative in support of a cause:
militant reformers.
Synonyms: contentious, combative, belligerent
- engaged in warfare; fighting.
noun
- a militant person.
- a person engaged in warfare or combat.
militant
1/ ˈmɪlɪtənt /
adjective
- aggressive or vigorous, esp in the support of a cause
a militant protest
- warring; engaged in warfare
noun
- a militant person
Militant
2/ ˈmɪlɪtənt /
noun
- short for Militant Tendency
- a member of Militant Tendency
Derived Forms
- ˈmilitantly, adverb
- ˈmilitancy, noun
Other Words From
- mil·i·tan·cy mil·i·tant·ness noun
- mil·i·tant·ly adverb
- hy·per·mil·i·tant adjective
- hy·per·mil·i·tant·ly adverb
- non·mil·i·tant adjective noun
- non·mil·i·tant·ly adverb
- su·per·mil·i·tant adjective
- ul·tra·mil·i·tant adjective
- un·mil·i·tant adjective
- un·mil·i·tant·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of militant1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
But the enemy of the new emirs is neither the Jew nor the Christian, it is the godless militant defending secularism.
At least one child in CAR has been killed or gravely injured per day, and 10,000 have been recruited into militant groups.
This led to the formation of a Christian militant group to counter the rebels, and all-out sectarian violence exploded.
Among those claimed dead is Abu Muslim al-Turkmani, the most senior militant leader slain this year.
Better, she says, to use local Muslim leaders and others in civil society to criticize militant arguments.
Daphne was still erect, self-confident, militant; whereas Madeleine knew herself vanquished—vanquished both in body and soul.
His policy, formerly in the main a conciliatory one, now became militant.
Nothing could have been more militant than her denunciation of militancy.
Gus gazed calmly at the five militant youths in front of him.
They will always remember that thou wert their faithful mother, their robust nurse, and their church militant.
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