2. (adj)soldierly, soldierlike, warriorlike, martial (of persons) befitting a warrior "a military bearing"
3. (adj)warlike, martial suggesting war or military life
4. (adj)martial(a) of or relating to the armed forces "martial law"
Definition of 'martial'
Webster Dictionary
1. (adj)martial of, pertaining to, or suited for, war; military; as, martial music; a martial appearance
2. (adj)martial practiced in, or inclined to, war; warlike; brave
3. (adj)martial belonging to war, or to an army and navy; -- opposed to civil; as, martial law; a court-martial
4. (adj)martial pertaining to, or resembling, the god, or the planet, Mars
5. (adj)martial pertaining to, or containing, iron; chalybeate; as, martial preparations
Definitions of 'martial'
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
1. martial a Latin poet, born at Bilbilis, in Spain; went to Rome, stayed there, favoured of the emperors Titus and Domitian, for 35 years, and then returned to his native city, where he wrote his Epigrammata, a collection of short poems over 1500 in number, divided into 14 books, books xiii. and xiv. being entitled respectively Xenia and Apophoreta; these epigrams are distinguished for their wit, diction, and indecency, but are valuable for the light they shed on the manners of Rome at the period (43-104).
Definitions of martial 
Afrikaans: krygsagtig
Arabic: حَرْبي، عَسْكَري
Bulgarian: войнствен
Brazilian: bélico
Czech: válečnický, bojovný
German: kriegerisch
Danish: krigerisk
Greek: φιλοπόλεμος, μαχητικός
Spanish: marcial
Estonian: sõjakas
Farsi: جنگی
Finnish: sotaisa
French: guerrier
Hebrew: אוֹהֵב מִלחָמָה
Hindi: युद्ध संबंधी
Croatian: ratni, bojni
Hungarian: katonás, harcias
Indonesian: suka berperang
Icelandic: herskár, árásargjarn
Italian: bellicoso
Japanese: 好戦的な
Korean: 호전적인
Lithuanian: karingas
Latvian: kareivīgs
Malay: suka berperang
Dutch: krijgshaftig
Norwegian: krigersk
Polish: wojowniczy
Persian: جنگی
Pashto: جنګى
Portuguese: bélico
Romanian: războinic
Russian: воинственный
Slovak: bojovný
Slovenian: bojevit
Serbian: ratnički
Swedish: krigisk
Thai: ชอบการต่อสู้
Turkish: savaşcı, cengâver
Taiwanese: 好戰的
Ukrainian: войовничий
Urdu: جنگی
Vietnamese: hiếu chiến
Chinese: 尚武的
