Spartan Definition

spärtn
adjective
Of ancient Sparta or its people or culture.
Webster's New World
Like or characteristic of the Spartans, who were famous for being warlike, brave, stoical, severe, frugal, and highly disciplined.
Webster's New World
Rigorously self-disciplined or self-restrained.
American Heritage
Not luxurious or ornate; plain; austere.
Spartan furnishings.
Webster's New World
Marked by brevity of speech; laconic.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
noun
A person born or living in Sparta.
Webster's New World
A person with Spartan traits.
Webster's New World

A red apple cultivar from British Columbia, Canada.

Wiktionary
pronoun

A citizen of Sparta.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Spartan

Noun

Singular:
Spartan
Plural:
spartans

Origin of Spartan

  • By analogy with the ancient Spartans, who famously possessed the qualities which "spartan" now describes.

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Spartan Sentence Examples

  • The Spartan patriciate could afford to disfranchise some of its own members.

  • They were seated two tables away from Dean and appeared to be cele­brating something unusual in an otherwise Spartan life.

  • Plato advocated them, and perhaps the later Jews imitated the Spartan community.

  • In 404 the Thirty Tyrants were established at Athens under the protection of a Spartan garrison.

  • In 394 B.C. Conon fought off the port the battle which destroyed Spartan hegemony.

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Words Starting With

SSPSPA

Words Ending With

NANTAN

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