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1. (adj.) Spartan
of or pertaining to Sparta or its inhabitants.
2. Spartan
suggestive of the ancient Spartans; sternly disciplined and rigorously simple, frugal, or austere.
3. Spartan
brave; undaunted.
4. (n.) Spartan
a native or inhabitant of Sparta.
5. Spartan
a person of Spartan characteristics.
Etymology: (1375–1425; < L Spartānus=Spart(a)Sparta (< Doric Gk Spártā) +-ānus -an1)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) Spartan
a resident of Sparta
2. (adj) Spartan
of or relating to or characteristic of Sparta or its people
3. (adj) spartan
resolute in the face of pain or danger or adversity
"spartan courage"
4. (adj) severe, spartan
unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment
"a parent severe to the pitch of hostility"- H.G.Wells; "a hefty six-footer with a rather severe mien"; "a strict disciplinarian"; "a Spartan upbringing"
5. (adj) ascetic, ascetical, austere, spartan
practicing great self-denial
"Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it"- William James; "a desert nomad's austere life"; "a spartan diet"; "a spartan existence"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) spartan
of or pertaining to Sparta, especially to ancient Sparta; hence, hardy; undaunted; as, Spartan souls; Spartan bravey
2. (noun) spartan
a native or inhabitant of Sparta; figuratively, a person of great courage and fortitude
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