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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Militant \Mil"i*tant\, adjective [L. militans, -antis, p. pr. of militare to be soldier: cf. F. militant. See {Militate}.] Engaged in warfare; fighting; combating; serving as a soldier. -- {Mil"i*tant*ly}, adverb
At which command the powers militant . . . Moved on in silence. --Milton.
{Church militant}, the Christian church on earth, which is supposed to be engaged in a constant warfare against its enemies, and is thus distinguished from the church triumphant, in heaven.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
militant
adjective
1: engaged in war; "belligerent (or warring) nations"; "a fighting war" [syn: {belligerent}, {fighting}, {war-ridden}, {warring}]
2: showing a fighting disposition without self-seeking; "highly competitive sales representative"; "militant in fighting for better wages for workers"; "his self-assertive and ubiquitous energy" [syn: {competitive}]
noun: a militant reformer [syn: {activist}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
165 Moby Thesaurus words for "militant": active, activist, activistic, aggressive, aggressor, alive, animated, antagonistic, assertive, at war, ball of fire, battler, battling, beaver, bellicose, belligerent, belted knight, bickerer, big-time operator, blade, bloodthirsty, bloody, bloody-minded, bouncing, bouncy, bravo, brawler, breezy, brisk, bubbly, bully, bullyboy, bustler, busy bee, chauvinist, chauvinistic, chipper, combatant, combative, competitor, contender, contentious, contestant, disputant, doer, duelist, eager beaver, ebullient, effervescent, embattled, enemy, energetic, enforcer, enthusiast, fencer, ferocious, feuder, fierce, fighter, fighting, fighting cock, foilsman, frisky, full of fight, full of go, full of life, full of pep, gamecock, gladiator, go-getter, goon, gorilla, hatchet man, hawkish, hood, hoodlum, hooligan, hostile, human dynamo, hustler, inimical, jingo, jingoish, jingoist, jingoistic, jouster, knight, live, live wire, lively, man of action, man of deeds, martial, mercurial, militaristic, military, new broom, offensive, operator, peppy, perky, pert, plug-ugly, political activist, powerhouse, pugnacious, pushful, pushing, pushy, quarreler, quarrelsome, quicksilver, rioter, rival, rough, rowdy, ruffian, saber-rattling, sabreur, sanguinary, sanguineous, savage, scrapper, scrappy, scuffler, self-assertive, smacking, snappy, soldier, soldierlike, soldierly, spanking, spirited, sprightly, spry, squabbler, strong arm, strong-arm man, strong-armer, struggler, swashbuckler, sword, swordplayer, swordsman, take-charge guy, thug, tilter, tough, trigger-happy, truculent, tussler, unfriendly, unpacific, unpeaceable, unpeaceful, up in arms, vivacious, warlike, warmongering, warring, warrior, wheeler-dealer, winner, wrangler, zingy
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