militarian
/ˌmɪl.ɪˈtɛɹi.ən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
5
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
of or pertaining to the military
noun
A person in or involved with military service.
Example Sentences
- "Naturally our talk at first was about the Scouts Movement which he [Baden-Powell] was anxious to disassociate from everything militarian."
- "The employers used the authoritarian traditions in a highly selective way, adopting the authoritarian practices of militarian rule slightly modified"
- "Anthony Cordesman is a militarian analyst at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, DC"
- "For militarians, he gives the lowdown on cruise missiles and submarines. For utilitarians, there are explanations of how refrigerators and air-conditioners work"
- "No maverick, Gibson said he just wanted to say hello and payback the militarians for their service to their country."
- "Me, I've spent my whole life studying native militarians. They are an interesting people, clad in colorful native dress and participating in bizarre social customs."
Etymology
Etymology tree English military Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English militarian From military + -ian.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌmɪl.ɪˈtɛɹi.ən/
- British English: /ˌmɪl.ɪˈtɛəɹi.ən/