martial
Pluralmartials
- 1Connected with war or fighting, or seeming warlike.
Like the strong, serious feeling you get when soldiers march by.
The parade had a martial feel, with drums and marching soldiers.
His voice took on a martial tone as he gave the orders.
Similarwarlike, military, bellicose, belligerent, militant
Oppositepeaceful
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- 4A soldier, or a man who fights in a war.
The old martial told tales of battles fought long ago.
Three martials stood guard at the castle gate all night.
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- 5Connected with the planet Mars.
Old astronomers studied the martial surface through their telescopes.
No naturalist can watch winter and summer come and go on the opposite hemispheres of the martial planet, without feeling that life must have come into being where all the machinery of life is in such perfect working.
1874, N[athaniel] S[outhgate] Shaler, “The Moon”Here, martial means connected with the planet Mars.Note
- 6Connected with the way the planet Mars was thought to shape people's lives.
The astrologer blamed her quick temper on a martial influence.
A martial sign at his birth was said to make him bold.
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- 7Containing iron, or having to do with iron.
The doctor prescribed a martial tonic to treat her weak blood.
This dephlogisticated martial vitriol, as M. [Torbern] Bergman calls it, is often found in nature, particularly in the ores of alum.
1790, Thomas Garnett, “Experiment XI”Here, martial means containing iron.Note
- 8A star or planet thought to be ruled by the planet Mars.
The astrologer pointed to a martial hanging low in the evening sky.
Several martials rose together, a warning of war to come.
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Origin
From Latin mārtiālis, meaning 'belonging to Mars', the Roman god of war. It came into English through Middle English and French.