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Dictionary:
militant
(mĭl'ĭ-tənt) pronunciation
adj.

1. Fighting or warring.
2. Having a combative character; aggressive, especially in the service of a cause: a militant political activist.
n.
A fighting, warring, or aggressive person or party

militant
adjective

1. Of or engaged in warfare: belligerent, combatant, hostile. Idioms: at war. See attack/defend.
2. Inclined to act in a hostile way: aggressive, belligerent, combative, contentious, hostile. See attack/defend, attitude/good attitude/bad attitude/neutral attitude.
3. Having or showing an eagerness to fight: bellicose, belligerent, combative, contentious, hostile, pugnacious, quarrelsome, scrappy, truculent, warlike. See attack/defend.

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