aggressive, combative, belligerent; engaged in warfare
one who has aggressive or combative tendencies; one who is engaged in warfare
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Militant Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(a.)
Engaged in warfare; fighting; combating; serving as a soldier.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutEngaged in warfare; fighting; combating; serving as a soldier.
militant
\mil"i*tant\ (?), a. [l. militans, -antis, p. pr. of militare to be soldier: cf. f. militant. see militate.] engaged in warfare; fighting; combating; serving as a soldier. -- mil"i*tant*ly , adv. at which command the powers militant moved on in silence.
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church militant
Of a warlike or combative disposition or tendency.
Noun
1. a militant reformer
(synonym) activist
(hypernym) reformer, reformist, crusader, meliorist
(hyponym) Black Muslim
Adjective
1. engaged in war; "belligerent (or warring) nations"; "a fighting war"
(synonym) belligerent, fighting, war-ridden, warring
(similar) unpeaceful
2. showing a fighting disposition without self-seeking; "highly competitive sales representative"; "militant in fighting for better wages for workers"; "his self-assertive and ubiquitous energy"
(synonym) competitive
(similar) aggressive
Militant Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
The word militant is both an adjective and a noun, and is usually used to mean vigorously active, combative and aggressive, especially in support of a cause, as in 'militant reformers'. It comes from the 15th century Latin "militare" meaning "to serve as a soldier". The related modern concept of the militia as a defensive organization against invaders grew out of the Anglo-Saxon "fyrd". In times of crisis, the militiaman left his civilian duties and became a soldier until the emergency was over, when he returned to his civilian occupation and life.
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