martial
adjective
inclined or disposed to war; warlike.
martialist
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a word derived from
martial.
Example Sentences
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Consider, good neighbour, thou art too old for a young martialist to wrangle with.
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
No, no!" said Rhadamant, "it were not well With louing soules to place a martialist.
From The Spanish Tragedie by Thomas Kyd
Nestor advises Agamemnon to set an advanced guard, which that martialist had never thought of doing, and to discuss matters over supper.
From Homer and His Age by Andrew Lang
Excellently," said Henry, longing the whole time to knock his brother martialist down, but wisely taking a more peaceful way to rid himself of the incumbrance of his presence—"excellently well!
From The Fair Maid of Perth Or, St. Valentine's Day by Sir Walter Scott
