Synonyms:
soldierly, soldierlike, warriorlike, martial
Meaning: (of persons) befitting a warrior; "a military bearing"
noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
Martial
Meaning: Roman poet noted for epigrams (first century BC)
Usage examples
Nor has the martial spirit deserted the descendants of the Wolfes in the generation now alive.
In cases where the predatory activity is a collective one, this propensity is frequently called the martial spirit, or, latterly, patriotism.
"I don't know but he IS a little stout," said Miss Katy; "but so distinguished and elegant in his manners--something quite martial and breezy about him."
Before war became a thing of precise science, the headquarters of an army head seethed with all the picturesque details so common to pictures of martial life.
A certain light-haired girl had made vivacious fun at his martial spirit, but there was another and darker girl whom he had gazed at steadfastly, and he thought she grew demure and sad at sight of his blue and brass.
Leaving the aged men and boys to protect the women and children, those dark-skinned warriors marched away to battle--not with the flaunting banners and martial music of civilised man, but with the profound silence and the stealthy tread of the savage.
For these dread monsters too, I ween, the goddess Hera, bride of Zeus, had nurtured to be a trial for Heracles. And therewithal came the rest of the martial heroes returning to meet the foe before they reached the height of outlook, and they fell to the slaughter of the Earthborn, receiving them with arrows and spears until they slew them all as they rushed fiercely to battle.