"militant" meaning in English

See militant in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈmɪlɪtənt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-militant.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more militant [comparative], most militant [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle French militant, from Latin mīlitāns, present participle of mīlitāre (“to serve as a soldier”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|militant}} Middle French militant, {{der|en|la|mīlitāns}} Latin mīlitāns, {{m|la|mīlitāre|t=to serve as a soldier}} mīlitāre (“to serve as a soldier”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} militant (comparative more militant, superlative most militant)
  1. Fighting or disposed to fight; belligerent, warlike. Translations (warlike, belligerent): ваяўні́чы (vajaŭníčy) (Belarusian), войнствен (vojnstven) (Bulgarian), 好战的 (hào zhàn de) (Chinese Mandarin), militant (French), militant (German), kämpferisch (German), harcos (Hungarian), harcoló (Hungarian), harcias (Hungarian), militáns (Hungarian), согушчул (soguşcul) (Kyrgyz), вои́нствующий (voínstvujuščij) (Russian), вои́нственный (voínstvennyj) (Russian), боево́й (bojevój) (Russian), войовни́чий (vojovnýčyj) (Ukrainian), бойови́й (bojovýj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-militant-en-adj-~gXJ1ptA Disambiguation of 'warlike, belligerent': 69 31
  2. Aggressively supporting of a political or social cause; adamant, combative. Translations (aggressively active or supportive): մարտնչող (martnčʿoġ) (Armenian), агресивен (agresiven) (Bulgarian), militant (Catalan), militant (German), harcias (Hungarian), militant (Occitan), боево́й (bojevój) (Russian), militante (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-militant-en-adj-Lo-Rs3y- Disambiguation of 'aggressively active or supportive': 6 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: warrish

Noun

IPA: /ˈmɪlɪtənt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-militant.wav [Southern-England] Forms: militants [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French militant, from Latin mīlitāns, present participle of mīlitāre (“to serve as a soldier”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|militant}} Middle French militant, {{der|en|la|mīlitāns}} Latin mīlitāns, {{m|la|mīlitāre|t=to serve as a soldier}} mīlitāre (“to serve as a soldier”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} militant (plural militants)
  1. (obsolete) A soldier, a combatant. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-militant-en-noun-9DzqDplu
  2. An entrenched or aggressive adherent to a particular cause, now especially a member of a particular ideological faction. Translations (aggressive adherent): مُقَاتِل (muqātil) [masculine] (Arabic), مُحَارِب (muḥārib) [masculine] (Arabic), مُنَاضِل (munāḍil) [masculine] (Arabic), مُكَافِح (mukāfiḥ) [masculine] (Arabic), مِغْوَار (miḡwār) [masculine] (Arabic), yaraqlı (Azerbaijani), harcos (Hungarian), kaiwhakatūtū (Maori), боеви́к (bojevík) [masculine] (Russian), бойови́к (bojovýk) [masculine] (Ukrainian), מיליטאַנט (militant) [masculine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-militant-en-noun-dCsbIKht Disambiguation of 'aggressive adherent': 5 72 23
  3. (specifically, communism) someone who supports the Trotskyist political view expressed in the newspaper Militant, or who engages in aggressive left-wing politics. Tags: specifically Categories (topical): Communism, People Translations (one who supports a Trotskyite political view): троцкист (trockist) [masculine] (Bulgarian), троцки́ст (trockíst) [masculine] (Russian), троцки́стка (trockístka) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-militant-en-noun-4asFy77- Disambiguation of People: 23 0 0 33 43 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 25 2 29 42 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 3 17 2 21 57 Topics: communism, government, human-sciences, ideology, philosophy, politics, sciences Disambiguation of 'one who supports a Trotskyite political view': 5 8 87
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Militant Tendency, ultramilitant Related terms: militance, military, militia

Inflected forms

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      "code": "be",
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      "word": "ваяўні́чы"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "warlike, belligerent",
      "word": "好战的"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "warlike, belligerent",
      "word": "militant"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "warlike, belligerent",
      "word": "militant"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "warlike, belligerent",
      "word": "kämpferisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "warlike, belligerent",
      "word": "harcos"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "warlike, belligerent",
      "word": "harcoló"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "warlike, belligerent",
      "word": "harcias"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "warlike, belligerent",
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    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "soguşcul",
      "sense": "warlike, belligerent",
      "word": "согушчул"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "voínstvujuščij",
      "sense": "warlike, belligerent",
      "word": "вои́нствующий"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "warlike, belligerent",
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    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "warlike, belligerent",
      "word": "боево́й"
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      "code": "uk",
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      "sense": "warlike, belligerent",
      "word": "войовни́чий"
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    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "bojovýj",
      "sense": "warlike, belligerent",
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "martnčʿoġ",
      "sense": "aggressively active or supportive",
      "word": "մարտնչող"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "agresiven",
      "sense": "aggressively active or supportive",
      "word": "агресивен"
    },
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      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "aggressively active or supportive",
      "word": "militant"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "aggressively active or supportive",
      "word": "militant"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "aggressively active or supportive",
      "word": "harcias"
    },
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      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "aggressively active or supportive",
      "word": "militant"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bojevój",
      "sense": "aggressively active or supportive",
      "word": "боево́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "aggressively active or supportive",
      "word": "militante"
    }
  ],
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}

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      "word": "Militant Tendency"
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    }
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        "A soldier, a combatant."
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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        }
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        "Southern-England"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "muqātil",
      "sense": "aggressive adherent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مُقَاتِل"
    },
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "muḥārib",
      "sense": "aggressive adherent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مُحَارِب"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "munāḍil",
      "sense": "aggressive adherent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مُنَاضِل"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "mukāfiḥ",
      "sense": "aggressive adherent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مُكَافِح"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "miḡwār",
      "sense": "aggressive adherent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مِغْوَار"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "aggressive adherent",
      "word": "yaraqlı"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "aggressive adherent",
      "word": "harcos"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "aggressive adherent",
      "word": "kaiwhakatūtū"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bojevík",
      "sense": "aggressive adherent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "боеви́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "bojovýk",
      "sense": "aggressive adherent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "бойови́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "militant",
      "sense": "aggressive adherent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "מיליטאַנט"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "trockist",
      "sense": "one who supports a Trotskyite political view",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "троцкист"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "trockíst",
      "sense": "one who supports a Trotskyite political view",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "троцки́ст"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "trockístka",
      "sense": "one who supports a Trotskyite political view",
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}

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