martialistn.
/ˈmɑːʃl̩ɪst/, /ˈmɑːʃəlɪst/, U.S. /ˈmɑrʃələst/ΘΚΠ
the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > superior planet > [noun] > Mars > person born under
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1569 J. Sanford tr. H. C. Agrippa Of Vanitie Artes & Sci. xxxiii. f. 50v She pronounceth..that man a Martialiste [L. Martium] or Solist.
1647 W. Lilly Christian Astrol. x. 67 Generally Martialists have this forme.
1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica iii. iii. 449 He not dreaming of such Martialists, hath recourse to the Nature of the Month.
2. A person skilled in warfare; a warrior; a soldier. Also in extended use. Sometimes ironic. Now rare.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > military man > [noun]
martialist1576
cavalier1589
martial?1611
militarista1616
swordmana1616
camper1631
swordsman1701
military1709
serviceman1832
militant1842
1576 A. Fleming tr. ‘Phalaris Agrigentinus’ in Panoplie Epist. 296 Your sonne died in the quarel of his countrie, like a valiant Martialist.
1597 J. Lyly Woman in Moone ii. i Ile worke such warre within Pandoraes brest,..That..She shall become a vixen Martialist.
1603 H. Crosse Vertues Common-wealth sig. G3 A true Martialist he is indeed, that by strong hand labours to suppresse his rebellious lusts.
1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xxii. 811/1 The French sought to trie fortune for their Isles in the Seas..their preparations were great, and their Marshallists many.
a1657 W. Burton Comm. Antoninus his Itinerary (1658) 67 Septimius Severus..deservedly equalled with the greatest Martialists of any age.
1726 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 3) Martialist, a Warriour, a Man at Arms.
1749 J. Pote Hist. Windsor Castle 130 The stoutest and most famous Martialists of that age.
1830 M. R. Mitford Our Village IV. 123 Their wives..were as complete martialists [etc.].
1882 Swinburne Child's Battles in Tristram of Lyonesse 270 Howe'er he look demurely, Our martialist will surely Have his way.
1884 Daily News 11 Feb. 5/4 These martialists of the smug pattern.
1935 E. R. Eddison Mistress ii. 36 In case there be falling out between the great men and work no more for learned doctors but for bloody martialists.
1995 Gannett News Service (Electronic ed.) 27 Apr. This is what the separatists-survivalists-supremacists-martialists either don't care about or don't understand.
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1870 R. A. Proctor Other Worlds than Ours 101 Then it must be a fine day for the Martialists, for clouds over Mars..must produce quite as bad an effect..as similar phenomena on earth.
1870 Appletons' Jrnl. 3 Dec. 665/2 The parts of Mars which thus appear concealed in mist are those where it is morning or evening to the Martialists.
1884 Knowledge 4 July 6/2 Efforts of the Martialists to penetrate to the poles of the globe on which they live.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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