Definitions for martial
ˈmɑr ʃəlmar·tial

Princeton's WordNet(3.25 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Martial(adj)

   Roman poet noted for epigrams (first century BC)

2. soldierly, soldierlike, warriorlike, martial(adj)

   (of persons) befitting a warrior

   "a military bearing"

3. warlike, martial(adj)

   suggesting war or military life

4. martial(a)(adj)

   of or relating to the armed forces

   "martial law"

Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. martial(Adjective)

   Of, relating to, or suggestive of war; warlike.

   Etymology: Martialis, a Roman cognomen, from martialis "belonging/dedicated to Mars (or to war)", itself from the name of the Roman god of war Mars + -ialis.

2. martial(Adjective)

   Relating to or connected with the armed forces or the profession of arms or military life.

   Etymology: Martialis, a Roman cognomen, from martialis "belonging/dedicated to Mars (or to war)", itself from the name of the Roman god of war Mars + -ialis.

3. martial(Adjective)

   Characteristic of or befitting a warrior; having a military bearing; soldierly, soldierlike, warriorlike.

   Etymology: Martialis, a Roman cognomen, from martialis "belonging/dedicated to Mars (or to war)", itself from the name of the Roman god of war Mars + -ialis.

4. Martial(ProperNoun)

   narrowly applied to certain historic persons (but some of its foreign cognates are modern given names).

   Saint Martial was the first bishop of Limoges circa 250

   Etymology: Martialis, a Roman cognomen, from martialis "belonging/dedicated to Mars (or to war)", itself from the name of the Roman god of war Mars + -ialis.

5. Martial(ProperNoun)

   Anglicized cognomen or given name of the Roman poet Marcus Valerius Martialis, born in Spain in the first century AD and noted for his epigrams.

   Etymology: Martialis, a Roman cognomen, from martialis "belonging/dedicated to Mars (or to war)", itself from the name of the Roman god of war Mars + -ialis.

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1. Martial(adj)

   of, pertaining to, or suited for, war; military; as, martial music; a martial appearance

2. Martial(adj)

   practiced in, or inclined to, war; warlike; brave

3. Martial(adj)

   belonging to war, or to an army and navy; -- opposed to civil; as, martial law; a court-martial

4. Martial(adj)

   pertaining to, or resembling, the god, or the planet, Mars

5. Martial(adj)

   pertaining to, or containing, iron; chalybeate; as, martial preparations

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1. Martial

   Marcus Valerius Martialis, was a Latin poet from Hispania best known for his twelve books of Epigrams, published in Rome between AD 86 and 103, during the reigns of the emperors Domitian, Nerva and Trajan. In these short, witty poems he cheerfully satirises city life and the scandalous activities of his acquaintances, and romanticises his provincial upbringing. He wrote a total of 1,561, of which 1,235 are in elegiac couplets. He is considered to be the creator of the modern epigram.

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1. Martial

   mär′shal, adj. belonging to Mars, the god of war, or to the planet Mars: of or belonging to war, or to the army and navy: warlike: brave.—ns. Mar′tialism; Mar′tialist.—adv. Mar′tially.—Martial law, law enforced during a state of war for the proper government of armies, and for the punishment of those who break the laws of war. [Fr.,—L. martialis—Mars, Martis.]

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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).

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1. martial

   Pertaining to war; suited to war; military, as, martial music; a martial appearance; given to war; warlike; brave, as, a martial nation or people; belonging to war, or to an army and navy; opposed to civil; as, martial law; a court-martial.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of martial in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of martial in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of martial in a Sentence

1. So I Married an Axe Murderer:

   Charlie You know, Scotland has its own martial arts. Yeah, it's called F-You. It's mostly just head butting and then kicking people when they're on the ground.

2. Dave Barry:

   Karate is a form of martial arts in which people who have had years and years of training can, using only their hands and feet, make some of the worst movies in the history of the world.

3. Thitinan Pongsudhirak:

   From the outside, the lifting of martial law is good news for business and tourism, but from the inside, we're functionally in the same boat.

4. Sir William Schwenck Gilbert:

   In enterprise of martial kind, when there was any fighting, he led his regiment from behind -- he found it less exciting.

5. Texas Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert:

   This military practice has some concerned that the U.S. Army is preparing for modern-day martial law, certainly, I can understand these concerns.

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