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| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | belligerent, war-ridden, warring |
militant::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | competitive |
| Derivation | militance, militancy |
militant in fighting for better wages for workers.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | activist |
| Type of | meliorist, reformer, crusader, social reformer, reformist |
| Has types | black muslim, black panther |
Examples of militant
militant
I realize that every generation has to have its youthful, angry, militant phase.
From the economist.com
Israel also hit security installations and the home of a top militant commander.
From the dailyherald.com
The militant said Israel will be surprised at where his group's rockets can hit.
From the voanews.com
Hamas operates a separate militant group called the Izzedine al-Qassam Brigades.
From the edition.cnn.com
Sheik Muhktar Robow, a spokesman for the militant group, confirmed Ayro's death.
From the timesunion.com
The country has been engaged in a long battle against militant extremist groups.
From the suntimes.com
The military responded by attacking a major militant camp in Delta state Friday.
From the voanews.com
Al-Shabaab, an Islamist militant group in Somalia, is running a Twitter account.
From the guardian.co.uk
The tahdiya began as a bargain struck between Mr Abbas and 13 militant factions.
From the economist.com
- A militant reformer
- Disposed to warfare or hard-line policies; "militant nations"; "hawkish congressman"; "warlike policies"
- Competitive: showing a fighting disposition; "highly competitive sales representative"; "militant in fighting for better wages for workers"; "his self-assertive and ubiquitous energy"
- Belligerent: engaged in war; "belligerent (or warring) nations"
- The word militant, which is both an adjective and a noun, comes from the 15th Century Latin "militare" meaning "to serve as a soldier". The related modern concept of the militia as a defensive organization against invaders grew out of the Anglo-Saxon "fyrd". ...
- The Militant tendency was an entrist group within the British Labour Party based around the Militant newspaper that was first published in 1964. It described its politics as descended from Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky.
- An aggressive or fighting person; One who serves as a soldier; One who supports a Trotskyite political view or engages in aggressive left-wing politics; aggressive or combative; fighting or warlike; belligerent; Active in an aggressive way in support of a political or social cause (often ...
- (militants) activists, adapted from Quebec French, especially by English-speaking Quebeckers.
- (militancy) From the Latin noun miles, militis, meaning soldier.
