Militant Definition

mĭlĭ-tənt
militants
adjective
At war; fighting.
Webster's New World
Ready and willing to fight; esp., vigorous or aggressive in supporting or promoting a cause.
Webster's New World
noun
militants
A militant person.
Webster's New World

An entrenched or aggressive adherent to a particular cause, now especially a member of a particular ideological faction. [from 19th c.]

Wiktionary
Specifically, someone who supports the Trotskyite political view expressed in the newspaper Militant, or who engages in aggressive left-wing politics. [from 20th c.]
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Other Word Forms of Militant

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Singular:
militant
Plural:
militants

Origin of Militant

  • Middle English from Old French from Latin mīlitāns mīlitant- present participle of mīlitāre to serve as a soldier militate

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle French militant, from Latin mÄ«litāns, present participle of mÄ«litāre (“to serve as a soldier").

    From Wiktionary

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