different between militia vs militant

English

Etymology

From Latin m?litia (“army, military force/service”), from m?les (“soldier”). Doublet of militsia.

The use of "militia" rather than "police" to refer to the police force (of Belarus and some other countries) originated in the USSR.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??l???/
• Rhymes: -???

Noun

militia (plural militias or militiae)

1. An army of trained civilians, which may be an official reserve army, called upon in time of need, the entire able-bodied population of a state which may also be called upon, or a private force not under government control.
2. Synonym of militsia: the national police force of certain countries (e.g. Belarus).

Translations

Latin

Etymology

From m?les (“soldier”) +? -ia.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /mi??li.ti.a/, [mi??l?t?iä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /mi?li.t?si.a/, [mi?li?t??s?i?]

Noun

m?litia f (genitive m?litiae); first declension

1. military service
2. the military, army, soldiery
3. warfare, war, campaign
4. civil service, profession, employment
5. (figuratively) military spirit, courage, bravery

Declension

First-declension noun.

Related terms

Descendants

References

• militia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• militia in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• militia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• militia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• militia in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

English

Etymology

From Middle French militant, from Latin m?lit?ns, present participle of m?lit?re (“to serve as a soldier”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?l?t?nt/

Adjective

militant (comparative more militant, superlative most militant)

1. Fighting or disposed to fight; belligerent, warlike. [from 15th c.]
   • 2012, Christopher Clark, The Sleepwalkers, Penguin 2013, p. 394:

     The upper tiers of the foreign ministry were quick to embrace a militant policy.

2. Aggressively supporting of a political or social cause; adamant, combative. [from 17th c.]

Synonyms

• warrish

Translations

Noun

militant (plural militants)

1. (obsolete) A soldier, a combatant. [17th-19th c.]
2. An entrenched or aggressive adherent to a particular cause, now especially a member of a particular ideological faction. [from 19th c.]
   • 2008, Militants in Pakistan release 250 schoolchildren after taking them hostage, Wikinews:

     Officials in Pakistan have confirmed that at least 250 schoolchildren between 12 and 18 years old and several teachers were taken hostage by at least seven militants inside a high school in Domail.

3. Specifically, someone who supports the Trotskyist political view expressed in the newspaper Militant, or who engages in aggressive left-wing politics. [from 20th c.]

Derived terms

• Militant Tendency
• ultramilitant

Related terms

• militance
• military
• militia

Translations

Catalan

Adjective

militant (masculine and feminine plural militants)

1. A militant.

Verb

militant

1. present participle of militar

Further reading

• “militant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “militant” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “militant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “militant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mi.li?t?nt/
• Hyphenation: mi?li?tant
• Rhymes: -?nt

Etymology

Borrowed from French militant.

Adjective

militant (comparative militanter, superlative militantst)

1. militant (belligerent, tending to violence, defensive)

Inflection

Related terms

• militair
• militie

Noun

militant m (plural militanten)

1. A militant, combatant.
2. A devoted supporter, activist.

Derived terms

• partijmilitant
• vakbondsmilitant

French

Etymology

From militer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.li.t??/

Adjective

militant (feminine singular militante, masculine plural militants, feminine plural militantes)

1. militant

Noun

militant m (plural militants)

1. An activist, campaigner

   Synonyms: partisan, supporter, supporteur

Verb

militant

1. present participle of militer

Further reading

• “militant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• limitant

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin m?lit?ns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mili?tant/
• Rhymes: -ant

Adjective

militant (comparative militanter, superlative am militantesten)

1. militant

Declension

Latin

Verb

m?litant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of m?lit?

Occitan

Adjective

militant m (feminine singular militanta, masculine plural militants, feminine plural militantas)

1. militant

Romanian

Etymology

From French militant.

Adjective

militant m or n (feminine singular militant?, masculine plural militan?i, feminine and neuter plural militante)

1. activist

Declension