militant.
Fighting or disposed to fight; belligerent, warlike.
Meaning & usage
Fighting or disposed to fight; belligerent, warlike.
Aggressively supporting of an idea, group, political or social cause, etc.; adamant, combative.
Where this word comes from
From Middle French militant, from Latin mīlitāns, present participle of mīlitāre (“to serve as a soldier”).
A soldier, a combatant.
An entrenched or aggressive adherent to a particular cause, now especially a member of a particular ideological faction.
Someone who supports the Trotskyist political view expressed in the newspaper Militant.
Where this word comes from
From Middle French militant, from Latin mīlitāns, present participle of mīlitāre (“to serve as a soldier”).
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