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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. adj. Of, relating to, or suggestive of war.
  2. adj. Relating to or connected with the armed forces or the profession of arms.
  3. adj. Characteristic of or befitting a warrior.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. [capitalized] Pertaining to or characteristic of the god Mars.
  2. Of or pertaining to war; of warlike character; military; warlike; soldierly: as, a martial equipage or appearance; martial music; a martial nation.
  3. Having reference to a state of war, or to a military organization; connected with the army and navy: opposed to civil: as, martial law; a court martial.
  4. [capitalized] Pertaining to or resembling the planet Mars.
  5. In old chemistry, having the properties of iron.
  6. n. A soldier, or military man.

Wiktionary

  1. adj. Of, relating to, or suggestive of war; warlike.
  2. adj. Relating to or connected with the armed forces or the profession of arms or military life.
  3. adj. comparable Characteristic of or befitting a warrior; having a military bearing; soldierly, soldierlike, warriorlike.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. Of, pertaining to, or suited for, war; military.
  2. adj. Practiced in, or inclined to, war; warlike; brave.
  3. adj. Belonging to war, or to an army and navy; -- opposed to civil
  4. adj. Pertaining to, or resembling, the god, or the planet, Mars.
  5. adj. (Old Chem. & Old Med.), Archaic Pertaining to, or containing, iron; chalybeate.

WordNet 3.0

  1. adj. suggesting war or military life
  2. adj. (of persons) befitting a warrior
  3. n. Roman poet noted for epigrams (first century BC)
  4. adj. of or relating to the armed forces

Etymologies

  1. From Latin martialis ("of Mars (Roman god of war)") (Wiktionary)
  2. Middle English, from Latin Mārtiālis, from Mārs, Mārt-, Mars. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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