Associations to the word «Militant»
Noun
- Wal
- Leader
- Uprising
- Hamid
- Rebel
- Forces
- Reprisal
- Police
- Convoy
- Nasser
- Supporter
- Villager
- Martyr
- Catholicism
- Accused
- Klan
- Panther
- Homosexual
- Helicopter
- Tajikistan
- Lal
- Rhodesia
- Troop
- Disarmament
- Ankara
- Retreated
- Struggle
- Racism
- Lanka
- Solidarity
- Indira
- Miner
- Refinery
- Sri
- Force
- Outfit
- Sabotage
- Operation
- Chad
- Khalid
- Ira
- Vehicle
- Emergence
- Protestantism
- Abdul
- Rahman
- Protest
- Carmichael
- Seizure
- Algiers
- Pro
- Campaigning
- Cameroon
- Bystander
- Resistance
- Arrest
- Minority
- Mob
- Martyrdom
- Takeover
- Sulu
- Opposition
- Airliner
- Firing
- Abba
Adjective
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Wiktionary
MILITANT, adjective. Fighting or disposed to fight; belligerent, warlike. [from 15th c.]
MILITANT, adjective. Aggressively supporting of a political or social cause; adamant, combative. [from 17th c.]
MILITANT, noun. (obsolete) A soldier, a combatant. [17th-19th c.]
MILITANT, noun. An entrenched or aggressive adherent to a particular cause, now especially a member of a particular ideological faction. [from 19th c.]
MILITANT, noun. Specifically, someone who supports the Trotskyite political view expressed in the newspaper Militant, or who engages in aggressive left-wing politics. [from 20th c.]
Dictionary definition
MILITANT, noun. A militant reformer.
MILITANT, adjective. Disposed to warfare or hard-line policies; "militant nations"; "hawkish congressman"; "warlike policies".
MILITANT, adjective. Showing a fighting disposition; "highly competitive sales representative"; "militant in fighting for better wages for workers"; "his self-assertive and ubiquitous energy".
MILITANT, adjective. Engaged in war; "belligerent (or warring) nations".
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