Meaning

3 senses
  1. An entrenched or aggressive adherent to a particular cause, now especially a member of a particular ideological faction.

    боеви́кbojevík, милита́нтmilitánt

    бойови́кbojovýk, міліта́нтmilitánt

  2. (specifically)Someone who supports the Trotskyist political view expressed in the newspaper Militant.

    троцки́стtrockíst, троцки́сткаtrockístka

  3. (obsolete)A soldier, a combatant.

More definitions
  • a militant reformer

Examples

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  1. Several militants were killed.

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  2. The bureaucrats are militants of paperwork.

    deDie Bürokraten sind die Militaristen des Papierkriegs.

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  3. He's really militant about gluten, geez.

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  4. The man was said to be part of a rogue militant group.

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  5. Yanni quickly became extremely militant.

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Translations

2 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
aggressive adherent:
Русский
By meaning 2
aggressive adherent:
one who supports a Trotskyite political view:

Origin

From Middle French militant, from Latin mīlitāns, present participle of mīlitāre (“to serv

From Middle French militant, from Latin mīlitāns, present participle of mīlitāre (“to serve as a soldier”).

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