militant /milˈi-tənt/

1. Fighting
2. Engaged in warfare
3. Actively contending
4. Combative
5. Using violence
6. Militaristic
7. Strenuously active in support of a particular cause

1. A person who takes active part in a struggle
2. Someone who seeks to advance a cause by violence
3. A strenuously active supporter of a particular cause
4. (with cap) a member of Militant Tendency, an extreme left-wing organization, formerly within the British Labour Party

milˈitancy noun

milˈitantly adverb

milˈitate intransitive verb

1. To have weight, tell (esp with against)
2. To fight for a cause
3. To contend
4. To serve as a soldier (archaic)

church militant see under church

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