martial
adjective
inclined or disposed to war; warlike.
martialist
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a word derived from
martial.
Example Sentences
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No, no!" said Rhadamant, "it were not well With louing soules to place a martialist.
From The Spanish Tragedie by Thomas Kyd
I bear tales, and that against my brother martialist?
From The Fair Maid of Perth Or, St. Valentine's Day by Sir Walter Scott
Butler laughed, and applauded the young martialist for his discrimination.
From Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency by John Pendleton Kennedy
"But, gossip—good gossip," answered the martialist with out, "I am beset with villains, and beg the shelter of your roof!"
From The Fair Maid of Perth Or, St. Valentine's Day by Sir Walter Scott
Saying this the self-satisfied martialist opened the basket and solaced his appetite with a slice of pasty and a draught of wine.
From Rob of the Bowl, Vol. I (of 2) A Legend of St. Inigoe's by John P. Kennedy
