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  2  definitions  found 
 
  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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