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 Definitions of militant  [ˈmɪl ɪ tənt]  

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Definition of 'militant' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) militant
vigorously active, aggressive, and often combative, esp. in support of a cause:
militant reformers.

2.  militant
engaged in warfare; fighting.

3. (n.) militant
a militant person.

4.  militant
a person engaged in combat.

Etymology:  (1375–1425; late ME < L mīlitant-, s. of mīlitāns, prp. of mīlitāre)

Definition of 'militant' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) militant, activist
a militant reformer

2. (adj) militant, hawkish, warlike
disposed to warfare or hard-line policies
"militant nations"; "hawkish congressman"; "warlike policies"

3. (adj) competitive, militant
showing a fighting disposition
"highly competitive sales representative"; "militant in fighting for better wages for workers"; "his self-assertive and ubiquitous energy"

4. (adj) belligerent, militant, war-ridden, warring
engaged in war
"belligerent (or warring) nations"


Definition of 'militant' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (adjective) militant
willing to use force or violence to achieve sth
an armed militant group; militant students; threats from militants operating nearby


Definition of 'militant' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) militant
engaged in warfare; fighting; combating; serving as a soldier


Translation of 'militant' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: wishing to take, or taking, strong or violent action
militant workers.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: militant Arabic flag Arabic: مُحِب للحَرب، مُسْتَعِد ل Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: войнствен
Brazilian flag Brazilian: militante Czech flag Czech: bojovný German flag German: streitend
Danish flag Danish: mllitant Greek flag Greek: μαχητικός, μαχόμενος Spanish flag Spanish: militante
Estonian flag Estonian: sõjakas Farsi flag Farsi: ستیزه جو؛ متخاصم Finnish flag Finnish: sotaisa
French flag French: militant Hebrew flag Hebrew: לוֹחמָנִי Hindi flag Hindi: आक्रामक
Croatian flag Croatian: ratoboran, borben Hungarian flag Hungarian: harcos Indonesian flag Indonesian: militan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: harðsnúinn, átakagjarn Italian flag Italian: militante Japanese flag Japanese: 闘争的な
Korean flag Korean: 호전적인 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: karingas, kovingas Latvian flag Latvian: kareivīgs
Malay flag Malay: militan Dutch flag Dutch: strijdlustig Norwegian flag Norwegian: utfordrende, aggressiv, m
Polish flag Polish: wojowniczy Persian flag Persian: ستیزه جو؛ متخاصم Pashto flag Pashto: جګړه پلوه
Portuguese flag Portuguese: militante Romanian flag Romanian: militant Russian flag Russian: воинствующий, воинственны
Slovak flag Slovak: bojový Slovenian flag Slovenian: napadalen Serbian flag Serbian: militantan
Swedish flag Swedish: militant Thai flag Thai: พร้อมที่จะต่อสู้ Turkish flag Turkish: militan
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 好戰的,好鬥的,動武的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: войовничий Urdu flag Urdu: جنگجو، تشدد پسند
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: chiến đấu Chinese flag Chinese: 富于战斗性的,好战的

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