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Spartan

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Noun

1. spartan

a resident of Sparta

Adjective

2. spartan

of or relating to or characteristic of Sparta or its people

3. spartan

resolute in the face of pain or danger or adversity

Example Sentences:
'spartan courage'

4. severe, spartan

unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment

Example Sentences:
'a parent severe to the pitch of hostility'
'a hefty six-footer with a rather severe mien'
'a strict disciplinarian'
'a Spartan upbringing'

5. ascetic, ascetical, austere, spartan

practicing great self-denial

Example Sentences:
'Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it'
'a desert nomad's austere life'
'a spartan diet'
'a spartan existence'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Spartan

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adjective
1. 
of or relating to Sparta or its citizens
2. (sometimes not capital)
very strict or austere
a Spartan upbringing
3. (sometimes not capital)
possessing courage and resolve
noun
4. 
a citizen of Sparta
5. (sometimes not capital)
a disciplined or brave person
6. 
a Canadian variety of eating apple

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Spartan

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adjective
1. 
of ancient Sparta or its people or culture
2. 
like or characteristic of the Spartans, who were famous for being warlike, brave, stoical, severe, frugal, and highly disciplined
3. 
not luxurious or ornate; plain; austere
Spartan furnishings
noun
4. 
a person born or living in Sparta
5. 
a person with Spartan traits

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Spartan

see synonyms of spartan
adj.
1. Of or relating to Sparta or its people.
2. also spartan
a. Rigorously self-disciplined or self-restrained.
b. Simple, frugal, or austere: a Spartan diet; a spartan lifestyle.
c. Marked by brevity of speech; laconic.
d. Courageous in the face of pain, danger, or adversity.
n.
1. A citizen of Sparta.
2. One of Spartan character.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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