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  Lacedaemonian

  adjective

  of or relating to ancient Sparta; Spartan.
• lacedaemonian
  lacedaemonian

  adjective

  another word for Spartan

Lacedaemonian

American  

[las-i-di-moh-nee-uhn] / ˌlæs ɪ dɪˈmoʊ ni ən /

adjective

1. of or relating to ancient Sparta; Spartan.

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noun

1. a native or inhabitant of ancient Sparta; a Spartan.

lacedaemonian British  

/ ˌlæsɪdɪˈməʊnɪən /

adjective

1. another word for Spartan

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Etymology

Origin of Lacedaemonian

First recorded in 1770–80; Lacedaemon + -ian

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Example Sentences

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Lacedaemonian

For this reason, many foreigners used to obtain Lacedaemonian nurses for their children, and it is said that Amykla, the nurse of Alkibiades, was a Lacedaemonian.

From Plutarch's Lives, Volume I by Aubrey Stewart

The consul, with Titus Quinctius, crossed over thence to Aegium, to confer with the council of the Achaeans about the Eleans, and also the restoration of the Lacedaemonian exiles.

From The History of Rome, Books 27 to 36 by Titus Livius

Atta was hurried forward through the lines of the Greeks to the narrow throat of the pass, where behind a rough rampart of stones lay the Lacedaemonian headquarters.

From The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies by John Buchan

A. 3.—And these officials had deteriorated from the old Roman rectitude, as the Spartan harmosts deteriorated under conditions exactly similar in the days of the Lacedaemonian supremacy over Hellas.

From Early Britain—Roman Britain by Edward Conybeare

He imperiled Lacedaemonian stability by opening the way to northern stars and their influences to Shelley, Burke, and Mill, and to all manner of people dangerous to the back-veld views of Lacedaemon.

From Cinderella in the South Twenty-Five South African Tales by Arthur Shearly Cripps

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