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Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɪlɪtənt/
  • (file)

Adjective edit

militant (comparative more militant, superlative most militant)

  1. Fighting or disposed to fight; belligerent, warlike. [from 15th c.]
    • 2012, Christopher Clark, The Sleepwalkers, Penguin, published 2013, page 394:
      The upper tiers of the foreign ministry were quick to embrace a militant policy.
  2. Aggressively supporting of a political or social cause; adamant, combative. [from 17th c.]

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militant (plural militants)

  1. (obsolete) A soldier, a combatant. [17th–19th c.]
  2. An entrenched or aggressive adherent to a particular cause, now especially a member of a particular ideological faction. [from 19th c.]
  3. (specifically, communism) someone who supports the Trotskyist political view expressed in the newspaper Militant, or who engages in aggressive left-wing politics. [from 20th c.]

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militant m or f (masculine and feminine plural militants)

  1. a militant

Verb edit

militant

  1. gerund of militar

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from French militant.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˌmi.liˈtɑnt/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: mi‧li‧tant
  • Rhymes: -ɑnt

Adjective edit

militant (comparative militanter, superlative militantst)

  1. militant (belligerent, tending to violence, defensive)

Inflection edit

Inflection of militant
uninflected militant
inflected militante
comparative militanter
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial militant militanter het militantst
het militantste
indefinite m./f. sing. militante militantere militantste
n. sing. militant militanter militantste
plural militante militantere militantste
definite militante militantere militantste
partitive militants militanters

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militant m (plural militanten)

  1. A militant, combatant.
  2. A devoted supporter, activist.

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French edit

Etymology edit

From militer.

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militant (feminine militante, masculine plural militants, feminine plural militantes)

  1. militant

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militant m (plural militants)

  1. an activist, campaigner
    Synonyms: partisan, supporter, supporteur

Usage notes edit

  • Unlike in English, the French noun militant can mean any activist or supporter and does not connote an aggressive approach.

Participle edit

militant

  1. present participle of militer

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin mīlitāns.

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militant (strong nominative masculine singular militanter, comparative militanter, superlative am militantesten)

  1. militant

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mīlitant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of mīlitō

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militant m (feminine singular militanta, masculine plural militants, feminine plural militantas)

  1. militant

Romanian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French militant.

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militant m or n (feminine singular militantă, masculine plural militanți, feminine and neuter plural militante)

  1. activist

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militant (comparative militantare, superlative militantast)

  1. militant (belligerent)
  2. militant (combative)

Declension edit

Inflection of militant
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular militant militantare militantast
Neuter singular militant militantare militantast
Plural militanta militantare militantast
Masculine plural3 militante militantare militantast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 militante militantare militantaste
All militanta militantare militantaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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