Spartan
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- proper noun
- /ˈspɑrtən/
- The Mid-Michigan Spartans proudly serve Spartan alumni from Ingham, Clinton, and Eaton counties.
- Spartan festival
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Watch on YouTubeI mean, I understand the the Spartans were badass warriors, right?
- I mean, I understand the the Spartans were badass warriors, right?
- Build yourself up like those special forces guys or like the Spartans and all this hypermasculine stuff.
- Same thing with the Romans, same thing with the Vikings or the Spartans.
- Lycurgus was the person who gave the structure, who gave the way of life, brutal one by the way, to the Spartans.
- Why you chose to be a Spartan warrior man, to change lives, to make an impact.
Examples
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The library, classroom, health-care, and recreational facilities are all inadequate, inaccessible, and exceedingly Spartan.
Academic text (1990) -
Only one among us keeps his Spartan reserve.
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The other common feature running through the three principal Spartan festivals is that they all honor Apollo.
Academic text (2014) -
Our knowledge of the Spartan sacred calendar is only partial.
Academic text (2014) -
Every factor, demographic and geographic, and every detail of Spartan education contributed to public spiritedness.
Academic text (1997) -
The Spartan king, when he arrived, refused to avail himself of this shelter, deeming it unseemly.
Fiction book (1999) -
As a proud Spartan, he trained rigorously to uphold the values of discipline and bravery.
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The Spartan warriors were renowned for their strength and commitment to training.
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In ancient times, every Spartan was taught to prioritize the community's needs over their own.
Synonyms
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Someone or something from ancient Sparta in Greece
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Spartan was the name for a person from the city of Sparta, a place famous for tough training and courage. That is why the name now suggests 'discipline' and 'bravery' when we use it about people or things.