martial

Meanings

1. Of, relating to, or suggestive of war; warlike.
2. Connected with or relating to armed forces or the profession of arms or military life.
3. Characteristic of or befitting a warrior; having a military bearing; soldierly.
4. Pertaining to the astrological influence of the planet Mars.
5. Of or relating to the planet Mars; Martian.
6. Containing, or relating to, iron (which was symbolically associated with the planet Mars by alchemists); chalybeate, ferric, ferrous.

1. A soldier, a warrior.
2. A celestial object under the astrological influence of the planet Mars.
3. Synonym of Martian (“inhabitant of the planet Mars”).

1. A male given name from Latin, narrowly applied to certain historic persons (but some of its foreign cognates are modern given names).
2. An 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.

1. Alternative letter-case form of martial (“of or relating to the planet Mars”).
2. Alternative letter-case form of Containing, or relating to, iron

1. Alternative letter-case form of martial (“inhabitant of the planet Mars; Martian”).

Etymology

From Middle English martial, marcial, mercial, mercialle (“relating to war, warlike; military; for use in fighting or warfare; brave, hardy; combative, fierce; ruthless, vicious; domineering, overbearing”), from Middle French martial (modern French martial (“martial”)), or directly from its etymon Latin mārtiālis (“of or pertaining to Mars, the Roman god of war”), from Mārtius (“of or pertaining to Mars”) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives of relationship). The English word is cognate with Italian marziale (“martial”), Portuguese marcial (“martial”), Spanish marcial (“martial”).

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