martial
- Proper noun. (given name, male) narrowly applied to certain historic persons (but some of its foreign cognates are modern given names).
- Proper noun. Anglicized cognomen or given name of the Roman poet Marcus Valerius Martialis, born in Spain in the first century AD and noted for his epigrams.
- Adjective. Of, relating to, or suggestive of war; warlike.
- Adjective. Relating to or connected with the armed forces or the profession of arms or military life.
- Adjective. (comparable) Characteristic of or befitting a warrior; having a military bearing; soldierly, soldierlike, warriorlike.
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