militant

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[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈmɪlɪtənt/, SAMPA: /"mIlIt@nt/

[edit] Etymology

Late Latin militare (to serve as a soldier)

[edit] Adjective

militant (comparative more militant, superlative most militant)

Positive
militant

Comparative
more militant

Superlative
most militant

  1. aggressive or combative
  2. fighting or warlike; belligerent
  3. Active in an aggressive way in support of a political or social cause (often associated with extreme left-wing politics).

[edit] Noun

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Singular
militant

Plural
militants

militant (plural militants)

  1. an aggressive or fighting person
  2. one who serves as a soldier
  3. one who supports a Trotskyite political view or engages in aggressive left-wing politics.

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[edit] French

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /militɑ̃/

[edit] Noun

militant m. (plural militants)

  1. activist, campaigner

[edit] Latin

[edit] Verb

mīlitant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of mīlitō.
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