Sekirov Dictionary

martial

UK /ˈmɑːʃəl/US /ˈmɑɹʃəl/

adjective 7
noun 3
forms 4

adjective7

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having to do with war, soldiers and battle
- The captaine he, which climbes for high advaunce, / By piercing blade imbrude in enimies blood, / In martiall shewes who formost leades the daunce, [...] — 1576
Connected with or relating to armed forces or the profession of arms or military life.
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Characteristic of or befitting a warrior; having a military bearing; soldierly.
- With Marshall stalke he passed through our watch. — 1599
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(no longer used) Pertaining to the astrological influence of the planet Mars.
- Venus was placed below Mars; that is, the sensual passion was subjected to martial ardour. — 1875
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(no longer used) Of or relating to the planet Mars; Martian.
- [R]ound about the plain / All hid with slaughter'd carcasses, yet still did hotly reign / The martial planet; [...] — 1611
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(no longer used) Containing, or relating to, iron (which was symbolically associated with the planet Mars by alchemists); chalybeate, ferric, ferrous.
- martial flowers (a reddish crystalline salt of iron)
(no longer used) Alternative letter-case form of Containing, or relating to, iron

noun3

(no longer used) A soldier, a warrior.
(no longer used) A celestial object under the astrological influence of the planet Mars.
(no longer used) Synonym of Martian (“inhabitant of the planet Mars”).

forms

Martials · martials · more martial · most martial

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