Militant: alternatives and connections

Tending or disposed to aggress; characterized by aggression; making assaults; unjustly attacking; as, an aggressive policy, war, person, nation.

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Tending or disposed to aggress; characterized by aggression; making assaults; unjustly attacking; as, an aggressive policy, war, person, nation.

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One engaged in a crusade; as, the crusaders of the Middle Ages.

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One who effects a reformation or amendment; one who labors for, or urges, reform; as, a reformer of manners, or of abuses.

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A reformer.

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The state of being militant; warfare.

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The state of being militant; warfare.

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Waging war; carrying on war.

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Of or pertaining to competition; producing competition; competitory; as, a competitive examination.

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Fit for war; disposed for war; as, a warlike state; a warlike disposition.

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of War

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