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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Spartan \Spar"tan\, a. [L. Spartanus.]
Of or pertaining to Sparta, especially to ancient Sparta;
hence hardy; undaunted; as Spartan souls; Spartan bravey.
-- n. A native or inhabitant of Sparta; figuratively, a
person of great courage and fortitude.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
Spartan
adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Sparta or its people
[syn: {Spartan}]
2: resolute in the face of pain or danger or adversity;
"spartan courage"
3: 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" [syn: {severe}, {strict}]
4: 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"
[syn: {ascetic}, {ascetical}, {austere}]
n : a resident of Sparta [syn: {Spartan}]
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