Spartan

[ spahr-tn ]

/ ˈspɑr tn /

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adjective

Also Spar·tan·ic

[spahr-tan-ik] /spɑrˈtæn ɪk/. of or relating to Sparta or its people.

(usually lowercase) suggestive of the ancient Spartans; sternly disciplined and rigorously simple, frugal, or austere.

(usually lowercase) brave; undaunted.

noun

a native or inhabitant of Sparta.

a person of Spartan characteristics.

Origin of Spartan

1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin Spartānus, equivalent to Spart(a) Sparta (< Doric Greek Spártā) + -ānus -an

synonym study for Spartan

1. See austere.

OTHER WORDS FROM Spartan

Spar·tan·ism, noun Spar·tan·ly, Spar·tan·i·cal·ly, adverb non-Spar·tan, adjective, noun

Example sentences from the Web for spartan

Bullough was a third-team all-American and a cornerstone of the Spartan defense.

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Having raised up a Spartan fleet to destroy Athens, they then opened their coffers to Athens and helped it rebuild.

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Spartan admirals quickly trained themselves for a new kind of war, and one of them, Lysander, mastered it very quickly.

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Their sense of security was badly shocked when Spartan ships, fueled by Persian cash, first attacked their military convoys.

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There are sad, Spartan stores, endless rundown espresso cafes, and just a handful of attractive restaurants.

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One of the statues raised to him by the Spartan exiles was at Olympia, the base of which has been discovered.

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The Queen kept Spartan silence, but daily you saw the fine woman age.

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One hides it, as the Spartan covered the bleeding wound in his breast.

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The Spartan is every inch a soldier, a man of few words himself, better at deeds than words.

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Spartan legislation concerning woman was controlled by one idea--to develop in the maiden the mother-to-be.

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British Dictionary definitions for spartan

Spartan

/ (ˈspɑːtən) /

adjective

of or relating to Sparta or its citizens

(sometimes not capital) very strict or austere a Spartan upbringing

(sometimes not capital) possessing courage and resolve

noun

a citizen of Sparta

(sometimes not capital) a disciplined or brave person

a Canadian variety of eating apple

Derived forms of Spartan

Spartanism, noun

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adjective

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Spartan

adjective

noun

Origin of Spartan

synonym study for Spartan

OTHER WORDS FROM Spartan

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Example sentences from the Web for spartan

British Dictionary definitions for spartan

adjective

noun

Derived forms of Spartan