militarian
UK/ˌmɪl.ɪˈtɛəɹi.ən/US/ˌmɪl.ɪˈtɛɹi.ən/
militarian adjective: of or pertaining to the military.
Adjective
militarian (comparative more militarian, superlative most militarian)
- of or pertaining to the military
- Naturally our talk at first was about the Scouts Movement which he [Baden-Powell] was anxious to disassociate from everything militarian.1923, Coulson Kernahan, Celebrities - Little Stories about Famous Folk, page 230
- The employers used the authoritarian traditions in a highly selective way, adopting the authoritarian practices of militarian rule slightly modified1987, Joachim E. Bergmann with Shigeyoshi Tokunaga, Economic and social aspects of industrial relations, page 46
Noun
militarian (plural militarians)
- A person in or involved with military service.
- For militarians, he gives the lowdown on cruise missiles and submarines. For utilitarians, there are explanations of how refrigerators and air-conditioners work2001 November 15, “IT TAKES A BRAIN TO EXPLAIN”, in St. Louis Post-Dispatch
- No maverick, Gibson said he just wanted to say hello and payback the militarians for their service to their country.2001 October 2, “For Sept. 11, the hymn sung round the world”, in Philadelphia Inquirer
Examples of militarian in a sentence
- Anthony Cordesman is a militarian analyst at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, DC2007 May 16, “How America's 'Czars' Fare in Their Work”, in NPR:
- Me, I've spent my whole life studying native militarians.2005, Jacey Eckhart, The Homefront Club: The Hardheaded Woman's Guide to Raising a Military Family, page 35:
- And one of the hardest things I have ever seen actually was to be there during Batsina (ph) in 2005 when he sent police and youth militarians through the townships to bulldoze people's houses.2008 July 4, “Mugabe at the African Union Summit”, in CNN International:
Forms of militarian
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more militarian |
| superlative | most militarian |
| Noun | |
| plural | militarians |
Origin of militarian
From military + -ian.
Words that rhyme with militarian
- Darien
- barbarian
- Aryan
- libertarian
- Arian
- documentarian
- humanitarian
- sabbatarian
- sectarian
- unitarian
- vegetarian
- -arian
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- agrarian
- Bulgarian
- caesarian
- catenarian
- librarian
- lunarian
- Marian
- planetarian
- Ripuarian
- Solarian
- trinitarian
- alphabetarian
- antiauthoritarian
- aquarian
- Bolivarian
- communitarian
- contrarian
- corpuscularian
- denarian
- flexitarian
- futilitarian
- infirmarian
- Kaffrarian
- necessitarian
- nonsectarian
- paraovarian
- parian
- pollotarian
- proprietarian
- quinarian
- sacramentarian
- sanitarian
- semivegetarian
- Tartarean
- Tartarian
- Tocharian
- tricenarian
- valetudinarian
- vestiarian
- acarian
- actiniarian
- actuarian
- aerarian
- alcyonarian
- altitudinarian
- antelapsarian
- antiacarian
- antiegalitarian
Questions about militarian
- What does militarian mean?
- Militarian means of or pertaining to the military.
- How do you use militarian in a sentence?
- Anthony Cordesman is a militarian analyst at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, DC
- What part of speech is militarian?
- Militarian can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce militarian?
- Militarian is pronounced /ˌmɪl.ɪˈtɛəɹi.ən/ (UK).
Words near militarian in the dictionary
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