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MARTIAL
martial
(adjective) of or relating to the armed forces; “martial law”
soldierly, soldierlike, warriorlike, martial
(adjective) (of persons) befitting a warrior; “a military bearing”
warlike, martial
(adjective) suggesting war or military life
Martial
(noun) Roman poet noted for epigrams (first century BC)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
martial (comparative more martial, superlative most martial)
(comparable) Of, relating to, or suggestive of war; warlike.
(comparable) Connected with or relating to armed forces or the profession of arms or military life.
(comparable) Characteristic of or befitting a warrior; having a military bearing; soldierly.
Synonyms: soldierlike, warriorlike
(not comparable, astrology, obsolete) Pertaining to the astrological influence of the planet Mars.
(not comparable, astronomy, obsolete) Of or relating to the planet Mars; Martian.
(not comparable, chemistry, medicine, obsolete) Containing, or relating to, iron (which was symbolically associated with the planet Mars by alchemists); chalybeate, ferric, ferrous.
Noun
martial (plural martials)
(obsolete) A soldier, a warrior.
(astrology, obsolete) A celestial object under the astrological influence of the planet Mars.
(chiefly, science fiction, obsolete) synonym of Martian
Anagrams
• mail art, marital
Etymology
Proper noun
Martial
A male given name from Latin, narrowly applied to certain historic persons (but some of its foreign cognates are modern given names).
An 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.
Adjective
Martial (not comparable)
(astronomy, obsolete) Alternative letter-case form of martial (“of or relating to the planet Mars”)
Noun
Martial (plural Martials)
(chiefly, science fiction, obsolete) Alternative letter-case form of martial (“inhabitant of the planet Mars; Martian”)
Anagrams
• mail art, marital
Source: Wiktionary
Mar"tial, a. Etym: [F., fr. L. martialis of or belonging to Mars, the god of war. Cf. March the month.]
1. Of, pertaining to, or suited for, war; military; as, martial music; a martial appearance. "Martial equipage." Milton.
2. Practiced in, or inclined to, war; warlike; brave. But peaceful kings, o'er martial people set, Each other's poise and counterbalance are. Dryden.
3. Belonging to war, or to an army and navy; -- opposed to civil; as, martial law; a court-martial.
4. Pertaining to, or resembling, the god, or the planet, Mars. Sir T. Browne.
5. (Old Chem. & Old Med.)
Definition: Pertaining to, or containing, iron; chalybeate; as, martial preparations. [Archaic] Martial flowers (Med.), a reddish crystalline salt of iron; the ammonio-chloride of iron. [Obs.] -- Martial law, the law administered by the military power of a government when it has superseded the civil authority in time of war, or when the civil authorities are unable to enforce the laws. It is distinguished from military law, the latter being the code of rules for the regulation of the army and navy alone, either in peace or in war.
Syn.
– Martial, Warlike. Martial refers more to war in action, its array, its attendants, etc.; as, martial music, a martial appearance, a martial array, courts-martial, etc. Warlike describes the feeling or temper which leads to war, and the adjuncts of war; as, a warlike nation, warlike indication, etc. The two words are often used without discrimination.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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