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Grammar : Adj, noun
Spell : mil-i-tuhnt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɪl ɪ tənt

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Définition of militant

Origin :
  • early 15c., "fighting, engaged in warfare," from Middle French militant "fighting," from Latin militantem (nominative militans), present participle of militare "serve as a soldier" (see militate), originally especially in Church militant. Related: Militantly.
  • adj aggressive, combative
  • noun person who fights, is aggressive
Example sentences :
  • Might I ask why this sudden interest in the militant laboring ladies?
  • Extract from : « An American Suffragette » by Isaac N. Stevens
  • The emotions of the militant Federalists were too various to admit of description.
  • Extract from : « Union and Democracy » by Allen Johnson
  • To these images and values he conformed, not submissively, but with a militant enthusiasm.
  • Extract from : « Erik Dorn » by Ben Hecht
  • Their militant social democracy was at once comical and corrective.
  • Extract from : « A Daughter of the Middle Border » by Hamlin Garland
  • "Darwinismus" became the battle-cry of the militant spirits of that time.
  • Extract from : « Form and Function » by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
  • He never had been able to withstand his mother in one of her militant moods.
  • Extract from : « Jill the Reckless » by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
  • But they had never suspected her of possessing this militant quality.
  • Extract from : « Jill the Reckless » by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
  • "Better she should know now than later," said the militant Lady Sybil.
  • Extract from : « Jack O' Judgment » by Edgar Wallace
  • Other states in the past which have had group purposes have been militant.
  • Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner
  • I spoke of the militant spirit as if it may only be shown in time of war.
  • Extract from : « America First » by Various

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