militant
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Synonyms: military, visitant, militate, volitant, militance, iligant, militancy, dilatant, militar, imitant, mitigant
Antonyms: military, visitant, militate, volitant, militance, iligant, militancy, dilatant, militar, imitant, mitigant
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Adjective
- {{U|fighting}} or disposed to fight; [[belligerent]], [[warlike]]. {{defdate|from 15th c.}}
- {{U|aggressively}} supporting of an [[idea]], [[group]], [[political]] or [[social]] cause, etc.; [[adamant]], [[combative]]. {{defdate|from 17th c.}}
Noun
- {{lb|en|obsolete}} A [[soldier]], a [[combatant]]. {{defdate|17th|19th c.}}
- An entrenched or [[aggressive]] adherent to a particular cause, now especially a member of a particular [[ideological]] faction. {{defdate|from 19th c.}}
- {{lb|en|specifically|communism}} Someone who supports the [[Trotskyist]] political view expressed in the newspaper ''Militant''. {{defdate|from 20th c.}}
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