militant

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

1. Fighting or disposed to fight; belligerent, warlike.
2. Aggressively supporting of an idea, group, political or social cause, etc.; adamant, combative.

Noun

1. (obsolete) A soldier, a combatant.
2. An entrenched or aggressive adherent to a particular cause, now especially a member of a particular ideological faction.
3. (specifically) someone who supports the Trotskyist political view expressed in the newspaper Militant.

Sinonieme

belligerent

combative

warlike

bellicose

activist

fighter

martial

aggressive

warring

hawkish

combatant

competitive

pugnacious

soldier

war-ridden

fighting

energetic

champion

member

military

polemic

private

battleful

quarrelsome

antipeace

trigger-happy

boxer

argumentative

warrior

evangelistic

feisty

evangelical

Vertalings

militant

militante

militante

militant

militant

belligérant

militante

kämpferisch

kavgacı

militante

belligerante

belliqueux

Krieg führend

streitlustig

bel·ligerant

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈmɪlɪtənt/

Etimologie (Engels)

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