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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Spar•tan (spär′tn),USA pronunciation adj. Also, Spar•tan•ic (spär tan′ik).USA pronunciation - Place Namesof or pertaining to Sparta or its people.
- suggestive of the ancient Spartans;
sternly disciplined and rigorously simple, frugal, or austere. - brave;
undaunted. n. - Place Namesa native or inhabitant of Sparta.
- a person of Spartan characteristics.
- Doric Greek Spártā) + -ānus -an
- Latin Spartānus, equivalent. to Spart(a) Sparta (
- late Middle English 1375–1425
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See austere.
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