MILITANT

competitive, militant

(adjective) showing a fighting disposition; “highly competitive sales representative”; “militant in fighting for better wages for workers”; “his self-assertive and ubiquitous energy”

belligerent, militant, war-ridden, warring

(adjective) engaged in war; “belligerent (or warring) nations”

militant, hawkish, warlike

(adjective) disposed to warfare or hard-line policies; “militant nations”; “hawkish congressman”; “warlike policies”

militant, activist

(noun) a militant reformer

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

militant (comparative more militant, superlative most militant)

Fighting or disposed to fight; belligerent, warlike. [from 15th c.]

Aggressively supporting of a political or social cause; adamant, combative. [from 17th c.]

Synonyms

• warrish

Noun

militant (plural militants)

(obsolete) A soldier, a combatant. [17th-19th c.]

An entrenched or aggressive adherent to a particular cause, now especially a member of a particular ideological faction. [from 19th c.]

Specifically, someone who supports the Trotskyist political view expressed in the newspaper Militant, or who engages in aggressive left-wing politics. [from 20th c.]

Source: Wiktionary

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Mil"i*tant, a. Etym: [L. militans, -antis, p. pr. of militare to be soldier: cf. F. militant. See Militate.]

Definition: Engaged in warfare; fighting; combating; serving as a soldier.

– Mil"i*tant*ly, adv. At which command the powers militant... Moved on in silence. Milton. Church militant, the Christian church on earth, which is supposed to be engaged in a constant warfare against its enemies, and is thus distinguished from the church triumphant, in heaven.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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