Militant

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Militant \Mil"i*tant\, a. [L. militans, -antis, p. pr. of
     militare to be soldier: cf. F. militant. See {Militate}.]
     Engaged in warfare; fighting; combating; serving as a
     soldier. -- {Mil"i*tant*ly}, adv.
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           At which command the powers militant . . .
           Moved on in silence.                     --Milton.
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     {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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  militant
       adj 1: engaged in war; "belligerent (or warring) nations"; "a
              fighting war" [syn: {belligerent}, {fighting}, {war-ridden},
               {warring}]
       2: showing a fighting disposition without self-seeking; "highly
          competitive sales representative"; "militant in fighting
          for better wages for workers"; "his self-assertive and
          ubiquitous energy" [syn: {competitive}]
       n : a militant reformer [syn: {activist}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  165 Moby Thesaurus words for "militant":
     active, activist, activistic, aggressive, aggressor, alive,
     animated, antagonistic, assertive, at war, ball of fire, battler,
     battling, beaver, bellicose, belligerent, belted knight, bickerer,
     big-time operator, blade, bloodthirsty, bloody, bloody-minded,
     bouncing, bouncy, bravo, brawler, breezy, brisk, bubbly, bully,
     bullyboy, bustler, busy bee, chauvinist, chauvinistic, chipper,
     combatant, combative, competitor, contender, contentious,
     contestant, disputant, doer, duelist, eager beaver, ebullient,
     effervescent, embattled, enemy, energetic, enforcer, enthusiast,
     fencer, ferocious, feuder, fierce, fighter, fighting,
     fighting cock, foilsman, frisky, full of fight, full of go,
     full of life, full of pep, gamecock, gladiator, go-getter, goon,
     gorilla, hatchet man, hawkish, hood, hoodlum, hooligan, hostile,
     human dynamo, hustler, inimical, jingo, jingoish, jingoist,
     jingoistic, jouster, knight, live, live wire, lively,
     man of action, man of deeds, martial, mercurial, militaristic,
     military, new broom, offensive, operator, peppy, perky, pert,
     plug-ugly, political activist, powerhouse, pugnacious, pushful,
     pushing, pushy, quarreler, quarrelsome, quicksilver, rioter, rival,
     rough, rowdy, ruffian, saber-rattling, sabreur, sanguinary,
     sanguineous, savage, scrapper, scrappy, scuffler, self-assertive,
     smacking, snappy, soldier, soldierlike, soldierly, spanking,
     spirited, sprightly, spry, squabbler, strong arm, strong-arm man,
     strong-armer, struggler, swashbuckler, sword, swordplayer,
     swordsman, take-charge guy, thug, tilter, tough, trigger-happy,
     truculent, tussler, unfriendly, unpacific, unpeaceable, unpeaceful,
     up in arms, vivacious, warlike, warmongering, warring, warrior,
     wheeler-dealer, winner, wrangler, zingy