spartan
- (a) of or relating to or characteristic of Sparta or its people
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(s) resolute in the face of pain or danger or adversity
- spartan courage
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(s) 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
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(s) 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
Nouns
- (n) a resident of Sparta