Definitions
of or relating to the armed forces
Word origin
From Latin Martialis (“Roman cognomen”), from martiālis (“belonging or dedicated to the Mars, the Roman god of war, or to war”), from Mārs (“the god Mars; the planet Mars”) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives of relationship from nouns).
Used in a sentence
“The captaine he, which climbes for high advaunce, / By piercing blade imbrude in enimies blood, / In martiall ſhewes who formoſt leades the daunce, [...]”
“But peaceful Kings, o'r martial people ſet, / Each others poize and counter-ballance are.”
“They [the Dutch] were, however, repelled by the valour of the Engliſh, and the matter is now under a civil deliberation, which makes it improper for a Martial Review.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“War-related”7 letters
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