Martial

Quick meaning: Martial is an adjective meaning (comparable) Of, relating to, or suggestive of war; warlike.

Meaning

(comparable) Of, relating to, or suggestive of war; warlike.

More Meanings

1. (comparable) Connected with or relating to armed forces or the profession of arms or military life.
2. (comparable) Characteristic of or befitting a warrior; having a military bearing; soldierly.
3. (not comparable, astrology, obsolete) Pertaining to the astrological influence of the planet Mars.
4. (not comparable, astronomy, obsolete) Of or relating to the planet Mars; Martian.
5. (astrology, obsolete) A celestial object under the astrological influence of the planet Mars.
6. (not comparable, chemistry, medicine, obsolete) Containing, or relating to, iron (which was symbolically associated with the planet Mars by alchemists); chalybeate, ferric, ferrous.
7. (obsolete) A soldier, a warrior.

Example Sentences

With Marſhall ſtalke he paſſed through our watch.

But peaceful Kings, o'r martial people ſet, / Each others poize and counter-ballance are.

The captaine he, which climbes for high advaunce, / By piercing blade imbrude in enimies blood, / In martiall ſhewes who formoſt leades the daunce, [...]

They [the Dutch] were, however, repelled by the valour of the Engliſh, and the matter is now under a civil deliberation, which makes it improper for a Martial Review.

Word Forms

• martiall
• martials

Synonyms for martial

Depending on context, synonyms include soldierlike, warriorlike, Martian, military, warlike, soldierly.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include warriorlike, warlike, soldierlike, soldierly, military, marriage.

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