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Meaning
Adj
●
Fighting or
disposed
to
fight
;
belligerent
, warlike.
●
Aggressively
supporting
of a political or social cause;
adamant
, combative.
Noun
●
A
soldier
, a combatant.
●
An
entrenched
or
aggressive
adherent
to a particular cause, now especially a
member
of a particular
ideological
faction.
●
In Communism & People:
someone who
supports
the Trotskyist political
view
expressed
in the
newspaper
Militant, or who
engages
in
aggressive
left-wing
politics.
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Origin
militant
English
militare
Latin
Sourced from
Etym
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