Spartan

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Spartan
adj. highly disciplined; austere; brave
 
n. inhabitant of Sparta (city in ancient Greece); courageous and highly disciplined person

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Spartan
A Spartan is a person from the Greek city Sparta.

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Spartan

Noun
1. a resident of Sparta
(hypernym) Greek, Hellene
(member-holonym) Sparta

Adjective
1. of or relating to or characteristic of Sparta or its people
(pertainym) Sparta

 
spartan

Adjective
1. resolute in the face of pain or danger or adversity; "spartan courage"
(similar) resolute
2. unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment; "a parent severe to the pitch of hostility"- H.G.Wells; "a hefty six-footer with a rather severe mien"; "a strict disciplinarian"; "a Spartan upbringing"
(synonym) severe, strict
(similar) nonindulgent
3. practicing great self-denial; "Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it"- William James; "a desert nomad's austere life"; "a spartan diet"; "a spartan existence"
(synonym) ascetic, ascetical, austere
(similar) abstemious


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spartan
příd.jm. spartánský; tvrdý

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spartan
Przym. spartański