militantadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈmɪlᵻt(ə)nt/, U.S.

/ˈmɪlətnt/

Forms: late Middle English militaunt, late Middle English–1500s mylytant, 1500s mylitaunte, 1500s– militant; also Scottish pre-1700 mylitant.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French militant.

Etymology: < Middle French, French militant (c1370 as adjective in sense A. 1a, 1832 in sense ‘having a combative attitude in support of a cause’, and 1848 as noun in corresponding sense) < classical Latin mīlitant- , mīlitāns , present participle (used as noun to denote a soldier) of mīlitāre militate v. Compare Italian militante (a1321), Old Occitan militanta (14th cent.), Spanish militante (c1440), Portuguese militante (15th cent. as melitamte).For metaphorical use of the church see church militant n. at church n.¹ and adj. Compounds 2.

A. adj.

a. Engaged in warfare, warring. Also: disposed towards war; warlike. Frequently metaphorically of the Church (see church militant n. at church n.¹ and adj. Compounds 2).

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > war > [adjective] > waging war

militant?a1425

warfaring1549

belligerent1584

warring1702

operating1728

belligerous1731

co-belligerent1813

warraying1852

society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > [adjective] > contending

strivingc1374

strivousa1382

militant?a1425

wrestlinga1547

cocking1550

struggling1577

contending1593

scambling1600

conflictant1629

contendenta1641

tugging1657

agonous1682

battling1787

belligerent1812

conflicting1855

warring1883

duelling1944

?a1425 (a1415) Lanterne of Liȝt (Harl.) (1917) 35 (MED) Whilis þis lijf duriþ in erþe, þis chirche is clepid militaunt.

c1475 Magnificencia Ecclesie in Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. (1909) 24 691 (MED) The chyrche here ys werryng agayn our mortall foo; þerfore hit ys mylytant in þys lyfe transitory.

a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 262 Thow that art, of mercy, militant.

?1555 J. Bradford Exhort. carienge Chrystes Crosse viii. 94 Yet shoulde they [sc. the departed] in this case be discerned from the mylitaunte members, they beyng at reste.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. viii. sig. T3 How oft do they with golden pineons cleaue The flitting skyes..Against fowle feendes to ayd us militant.

1615 R. Brathwait Strappado 223 For his abiding, hee's as in a Tent, Wherein hees militant, not permanent.

1672 Bp. J. Wilkins Of Princ. Nat. Relig. 251 Our condition, whilst we are in this world, is militant, wherein every one is without reluctancy to submit to the orders of his great captain or general.

1755 E. Young Centaur v, in Wks. (1757) IV. 223 This is a militant state; nor must man unbuckle his armour, till he puts on his shroud.

1873 J. H. Newman Hist. Sketches II. i. 1 The Church is ever militant; sometimes she gains, sometimes she loses.

1895 Argosy Apr. 187 The very air quivered with the fierce cries of men and the clamor of a city militant.

1943 Far Eastern Q. 2 398 He recognized that Japan was essentially a militant nation, ambitious to win a wider place in the world.

1982 Jrnl. Hist. Ideas 43 251 His [sc. Humboldt's] hopes attached to the cultivation of spirited individuals rather than to the independence of a militant people. War is liberating because it is an extraordinary occasion for self-development.

b. Sociology. In Herbert Spencer's terminology: designating a system of social organization in which efficiency in war is the primary aim.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > specific political theories or doctrines > [adjective] > other political theories or doctrines

radical1783

progressive1830

progressist1843

abstentionist1857

restrictionist1858

communalist1871

mutualistic1874

militant1876

possibilist1881

productivist1892

radical feminist1905

rejectionist1909

minimalist1917

pan-Asian1917

maximalist1918

one-world1919

Eurasian1922

gradualistic1926

Europasian1928

gradualist1931

social revolutionary1931

renovationist1934

restrictivist1936

identitarian1943

cultural Marxist1949

1876 H. Spencer Princ. Sociol. I. ii. x. 579 In the ideal other-worlds of militant societies, the ranks and powers are conceived as like those of the real world around.

1882 H. Spencer Princ. Sociol. III. §521. 662 Under the militant type [of society] the individual is owned by the State.

1918 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 24 317 Herbert Spencer made the distinction between militant society and industrial society the chief cornerstone of a political philosophy.

1994 Ann. Rev. Sociol. 20 7 In militant societies, military activities and military institutions take precedence over economic activities and economic institutions.

†2. Of a banner, standard, etc.: military. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military organization > insignia > [adjective] > of standard: military

militant1483

1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 22 b/1 The kynge of heven perdurable hath hys signes mylytant in the chirche.

1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. Annot. b j The militant ensignes or banners in the Romane legion.

a. Combative; aggressively persistent; strongly espousing a cause; entrenched, adamant.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > [adjective] > characterized by

unpeaceablec1384

contentiousc1430

battlefulc1449

sturtful1568

bateful1582

wrestlinga1593

militant1603

concertative1727

adversarial1839

adversative1849

conflictual1961

fuck you1962

confrontational1975

1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. i. xlix. 161 He would maintaine by militant reasons [Fr. par viues raisons] that the waste was in his right place.

1682 A. Radcliffe Ramble 112 Men of the Sword they say make a Division, And militant Lawyers their Wisdoms disown.

1756 E. Perronet Mitre i. cclxxxi. 62 So thou, more militant than wise, For fear the scorner should despise Thy despicable few.

1818 S. T. Coleridge Friend (new ed.) I. 162 That we be sedulous, yea, and militant in the endeavor to reason aright, is his implied Command.

1841–8 F. Myers Catholic Thoughts II. iii. §40. 147 This is a condition which must instigate to resistance in the most pacific, and to rebellion in the more militant.

1903 J. Willcock Great Marquess vi. 88 The expenses of the militant Presbyterians.

1932 E. Bowen To North xxiii. 246 Though her weariness and distraction brought the partisan in him to its most militant, what could he do?

1961 E. S. Turner Phoney War xiii. 179 There was an arrogance among certain militant pacifists which..prevented them from respecting the views of those who thought freedom worth fighting for.

1992 N.Y. Times 5 Apr. 16/4 If my mother had one rule, it was militant ecumenism in all matters of food and experience. ‘Try new things’, she would say.

b. Aggressively active in pursuing a political or social cause, and often favouring extreme, violent, or confrontational methods.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > militancy > [adjective]

militant1893

society > occupation and work > worker > those involved in labour relations > [adjective] > seeking change by direct action

militant1893

1893 Internat. Jrnl. Ethics 3 440 The unionist..subordinates himself to a body which aims at securing a desired end for all its members. A trade union is necessarily militant.

1896 Jrnl. Polit. Econ. 4 262 The aggressive or ‘militant’ side of the activity of trade unions was emphasized during 1893.

1904 Springfield (Mass.) Weekly Republican 7 Oct. 2 That a flop by the most militant of the unionists is under contemplation has been denied.

1914 E. Pankhurst & R. C. Dorr My Own Story i. iii. 37 That visit was one of the contributory causes that led to the foundation of our militant suffrage organisation, the Women's Social and Political Union.

1930 Daily Express 6 Oct. 11/6 Mr. Maxton leads a group of I.L.P. members who have brought a militant policy with them.

1971 J. Bishop Days of Martin Luther King, Jr. iv. 332 A few White Suprematists said that there was no doubt that the bombing was the work of..a militant black who wanted to incite his people to riot.

1992 N.Y. Times 12 July i. 6 Last month, six people died in two shootouts, pitting militant Muslims against the police and Copts, and Farag Foda, an outspoken critic of Islamic militancy, was assassinated.

B. n.

†1.

a. A person engaged in war or conflict; a combatant. Chiefly in extended uses or in metaphorical contexts. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > belligerent > [noun]

militant1610

wager1611

belligerent1811

co-belligerent1813

society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > [noun] > one who

fighterc1300

strivera1400

contender1547

struggler1554

contentioner1593

militant1610

contendent1623

combatant1646

conflicter1658

counter-scufflera1672

agonist1687

scrambler1687

protagonist1837

belligerent1839

1610 G. Fletcher Christs Victorie 75 Looking downe on His weake Militants.

1643 Sir T. Browne Religio Medici (authorized ed.) ii. §3 Even amongst wiser militants, how many wounds have been given, and credits slain.

1752 M. Browne Sunday Thoughts (new ed.) ii, in Wks. & Rest of Creation 182 On our young Band Of Brethren, thy new-listed Militants..O shed That! with thy Gifts in Pledge, there signify'd, In large Effusion!

1814 R. Southey Let. 2 May in C. C. Southey Life & Corr. R. Southey (1850) IV. 74 Horsley was the militant of the last generation.

b. Chiefly U.S. A member of the military profession; a soldier. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warrior > military man > [noun]

martialist1576

cavalier1589

martial?1611

militarista1616

swordmana1616

camper1631

swordsman1701

military1709

serviceman1832

militant1842

1842 United Service Mag. ii. 540 Will this modicum of embryo scientific militants suffice for every regiment?

1862 G. B. McClellan Let. 4 Aug. in War of Rebellion (U.S. War Dept.) (1884) 1st Ser. XI. iii. 355 It has been my purpose to conduct the military operations for which I am responsible with due regard to the obligations imposed upon militants by the laws and customs of civilized warfare.

1888 Littell's Living Age 7 Apr. 35/2 The weakness of nations is in actual war... Men [are] withdrawn from being productive citizens, in order to be protective militants.

a. A person who strongly espouses a cause, esp. one who is aggressively active in pursuing a political or social cause. In later use also: spec. a member of an ideologically or politically motivated faction or force. Cf. sense A. 3b.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > those involved in labour relations > [noun] > one seeking change by direct action

militant1909

society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > militancy > [noun] > militant person

militant1909

1851 Amer. Whig Rev. 14 490 Controversialists have a vast advantage over militants in a more sanguinary warfare.

1897 Catholic World Aug. 584 Therefore the Militants meet on the afternoon of their Communion Sunday, and recite the little chaplet of the Immaculate Virgin.

1900 Daily News 6 Apr. 6/5 They [sc. Anarchists in England] are divided into two bodies: ‘Idealists’ and ‘Militants’.

1909 Englishwoman Apr. 323 That bias has been greatly intensified amongst almost all classes of suffragists by the tactics of the militants.

1939 Theology 39 437 The lives of certain of the militants reveal that Jocism stands for strength through holiness and self-sacrifice.

1968 Daily Tel. 12 Nov. 25/1 Ultra-left militants in the Electrical Trades Union are planning another demonstration today.

1973 Black World Sept. 96/2 The young militants look down upon Anna's poetry.

1983 M. Edwardes Back from Brink v. 81 Management was faced with countless cases where union authority over their own members had broken down and our dealings with the militants were to have the effect of strengthening the union structure in an unprecedented way.

1997 Economist 4 Jan. 56/3 Assamese militants blew up three oil pipelines in November to assert their supremacy.

b. spec. Frequently in form Militant. A person who sympathizes with the views expressed in the Trotskyite newspaper Militant, set up in 1964; a supporter of the Militant tendency (see Militant tendency n.).

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > British party politics > [noun] > Trotskyist organization > supporter of

militant1970

1944 J. P. Cannon Hist. Amer. Trotskyism x. 193 The Militant was the name of the official organ of the American Trotskyists from the very beginning…The Militant signified the party worker, the party activist, the party fighter.]

1970 Militant Nov. 4/3 Now they are not ballot-rigging: they are preventing militants' names from even appearing on the ballot-papers!

1979 Economist 7 Apr. 30/3 The Militants hold all the seats on the Labour Party's Young Socialists' executive.

1985 Christian Sci. Monitor 23 Dec. 8/3 The booting out of Militants from party membership..will represent yet another victory for moderation.

2000 Herald (Glasgow) (Electronic ed.) 14 Nov. People like Jimmy Reid, Militants, and other assorted ragbags of left-wingers caused the problems which led to the demise of the Labour Party and made us unelectable.

c. In form Militant. = Militant tendency n.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > British party politics > [noun] > Trotskyist organization

Militant tendency1979

militant1980

1980 Economist 19 Jan. 18/2 The major advance which Militant has made inside the Labour party is to capture the official youth organisation.

1986 Tribune 12 Sept. 7/1 She..was one of those who walked out of the NEC's hearings into Militant.

1990 Times 8 Mar. 5/3 Many of the ‘smash the poll tax’ leaflets..are being printed by Militant—the wealthiest of the Trotskyite groups—at its East London presses.

1996 New Statesman (Electronic ed.) 19 Jan. 36 Militant was prescient enough to campaign for a separate Scottish parliament while Labour remained sceptical and other Trotskyite groups opposed it for ‘class reasons’.

Derivatives

ˈmilitantness n. rare the quality of being militant.

ΚΠ

1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Militantness, militant or war-faring State or Condition.

1999 Jewish Post (N.Y.) (Electronic ed.) May–June 3/3 A new party..calls for a fight against religious militantness in Israel.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	militant
释义	militantadj.n. Brit. /ˈmɪlᵻt(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˈmɪlətnt/ Forms: late Middle English militaunt, late Middle English–1500s mylytant, 1500s mylitaunte, 1500s– militant; also Scottish pre-1700 mylitant. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French militant. Etymology: < Middle French, French militant (c1370 as adjective in sense A. 1a, 1832 in sense ‘having a combative attitude in support of a cause’, and 1848 as noun in corresponding sense) < classical Latin mīlitant- , mīlitāns , present participle (used as noun to denote a soldier) of mīlitāre militate v. Compare Italian militante (a1321), Old Occitan militanta (14th cent.), Spanish militante (c1440), Portuguese militante (15th cent. as melitamte).For metaphorical use of the church see church militant n. at church n.¹ and adj. Compounds 2. A. adj. 1. a. Engaged in warfare, warring. Also: disposed towards war; warlike. Frequently metaphorically of the Church (see church militant n. at church n.¹ and adj. Compounds 2). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > war > [adjective] > waging war militant?a1425 warfaring1549 belligerent1584 warring1702 operating1728 belligerous1731 co-belligerent1813 warraying1852 society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > [adjective] > contending strivingc1374 strivousa1382 militant?a1425 wrestlinga1547 cocking1550 struggling1577 contending1593 scambling1600 conflictant1629 contendenta1641 tugging1657 agonous1682 battling1787 belligerent1812 conflicting1855 warring1883 duelling1944 ?a1425 (a1415) Lanterne of Liȝt (Harl.) (1917) 35 (MED) Whilis þis lijf duriþ in erþe, þis chirche is clepid militaunt. c1475 Magnificencia Ecclesie in Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. (1909) 24 691 (MED) The chyrche here ys werryng agayn our mortall foo; þerfore hit ys mylytant in þys lyfe transitory. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 262 Thow that art, of mercy, militant. ?1555 J. Bradford Exhort. carienge Chrystes Crosse viii. 94 Yet shoulde they [sc. the departed] in this case be discerned from the mylitaunte members, they beyng at reste. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. viii. sig. T3 How oft do they with golden pineons cleaue The flitting skyes..Against fowle feendes to ayd us militant. 1615 R. Brathwait Strappado 223 For his abiding, hee's as in a Tent, Wherein hees militant, not permanent. 1672 Bp. J. Wilkins Of Princ. Nat. Relig. 251 Our condition, whilst we are in this world, is militant, wherein every one is without reluctancy to submit to the orders of his great captain or general. 1755 E. Young Centaur v, in Wks. (1757) IV. 223 This is a militant state; nor must man unbuckle his armour, till he puts on his shroud. 1873 J. H. Newman Hist. Sketches II. i. 1 The Church is ever militant; sometimes she gains, sometimes she loses. 1895 Argosy Apr. 187 The very air quivered with the fierce cries of men and the clamor of a city militant. 1943 Far Eastern Q. 2 398 He recognized that Japan was essentially a militant nation, ambitious to win a wider place in the world. 1982 Jrnl. Hist. Ideas 43 251 His [sc. Humboldt's] hopes attached to the cultivation of spirited individuals rather than to the independence of a militant people. War is liberating because it is an extraordinary occasion for self-development. b. Sociology. In Herbert Spencer's terminology: designating a system of social organization in which efficiency in war is the primary aim. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > specific political theories or doctrines > [adjective] > other political theories or doctrines radical1783 progressive1830 progressist1843 abstentionist1857 restrictionist1858 communalist1871 mutualistic1874 militant1876 possibilist1881 productivist1892 radical feminist1905 rejectionist1909 minimalist1917 pan-Asian1917 maximalist1918 one-world1919 Eurasian1922 gradualistic1926 Europasian1928 gradualist1931 social revolutionary1931 renovationist1934 restrictivist1936 identitarian1943 cultural Marxist1949 1876 H. Spencer Princ. Sociol. I. ii. x. 579 In the ideal other-worlds of militant societies, the ranks and powers are conceived as like those of the real world around. 1882 H. Spencer Princ. Sociol. III. §521. 662 Under the militant type [of society] the individual is owned by the State. 1918 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 24 317 Herbert Spencer made the distinction between militant society and industrial society the chief cornerstone of a political philosophy. 1994 Ann. Rev. Sociol. 20 7 In militant societies, military activities and military institutions take precedence over economic activities and economic institutions. †2. Of a banner, standard, etc.: military. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > insignia > [adjective] > of standard: military militant1483 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 22 b/1 The kynge of heven perdurable hath hys signes mylytant in the chirche. 1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. Annot. b j The militant ensignes or banners in the Romane legion. 3. a. Combative; aggressively persistent; strongly espousing a cause; entrenched, adamant. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > [adjective] > characterized by unpeaceablec1384 contentiousc1430 battlefulc1449 sturtful1568 bateful1582 wrestlinga1593 militant1603 concertative1727 adversarial1839 adversative1849 conflictual1961 fuck you1962 confrontational1975 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. i. xlix. 161 He would maintaine by militant reasons [Fr. par viues raisons] that the waste was in his right place. 1682 A. Radcliffe Ramble 112 Men of the Sword they say make a Division, And militant Lawyers their Wisdoms disown. 1756 E. Perronet Mitre i. cclxxxi. 62 So thou, more militant than wise, For fear the scorner should despise Thy despicable few. 1818 S. T. Coleridge Friend (new ed.) I. 162 That we be sedulous, yea, and militant in the endeavor to reason aright, is his implied Command. 1841–8 F. Myers Catholic Thoughts II. iii. §40. 147 This is a condition which must instigate to resistance in the most pacific, and to rebellion in the more militant. 1903 J. Willcock Great Marquess vi. 88 The expenses of the militant Presbyterians. 1932 E. Bowen To North xxiii. 246 Though her weariness and distraction brought the partisan in him to its most militant, what could he do? 1961 E. S. Turner Phoney War xiii. 179 There was an arrogance among certain militant pacifists which..prevented them from respecting the views of those who thought freedom worth fighting for. 1992 N.Y. Times 5 Apr. 16/4 If my mother had one rule, it was militant ecumenism in all matters of food and experience. ‘Try new things’, she would say. b. Aggressively active in pursuing a political or social cause, and often favouring extreme, violent, or confrontational methods. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > militancy > [adjective] militant1893 society > occupation and work > worker > those involved in labour relations > [adjective] > seeking change by direct action militant1893 1893 Internat. Jrnl. Ethics 3 440 The unionist..subordinates himself to a body which aims at securing a desired end for all its members. A trade union is necessarily militant. 1896 Jrnl. Polit. Econ. 4 262 The aggressive or ‘militant’ side of the activity of trade unions was emphasized during 1893. 1904 Springfield (Mass.) Weekly Republican 7 Oct. 2 That a flop by the most militant of the unionists is under contemplation has been denied. 1914 E. Pankhurst & R. C. Dorr My Own Story i. iii. 37 That visit was one of the contributory causes that led to the foundation of our militant suffrage organisation, the Women's Social and Political Union. 1930 Daily Express 6 Oct. 11/6 Mr. Maxton leads a group of I.L.P. members who have brought a militant policy with them. 1971 J. Bishop Days of Martin Luther King, Jr. iv. 332 A few White Suprematists said that there was no doubt that the bombing was the work of..a militant black who wanted to incite his people to riot. 1992 N.Y. Times 12 July i. 6 Last month, six people died in two shootouts, pitting militant Muslims against the police and Copts, and Farag Foda, an outspoken critic of Islamic militancy, was assassinated. B. n. †1. a. A person engaged in war or conflict; a combatant. Chiefly in extended uses or in metaphorical contexts. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > belligerent > [noun] militant1610 wager1611 belligerent1811 co-belligerent1813 society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > [noun] > one who fighterc1300 strivera1400 contender1547 struggler1554 contentioner1593 militant1610 contendent1623 combatant1646 conflicter1658 counter-scufflera1672 agonist1687 scrambler1687 protagonist1837 belligerent1839 1610 G. Fletcher Christs Victorie 75 Looking downe on His weake Militants. 1643 Sir T. Browne Religio Medici (authorized ed.) ii. §3 Even amongst wiser militants, how many wounds have been given, and credits slain. View more context for this quotation 1752 M. Browne Sunday Thoughts (new ed.) ii, in Wks. & Rest of Creation 182 On our young Band Of Brethren, thy new-listed Militants..O shed That! with thy Gifts in Pledge, there signify'd, In large Effusion! 1814 R. Southey Let. 2 May in C. C. Southey Life & Corr. R. Southey (1850) IV. 74 Horsley was the militant of the last generation. b. Chiefly U.S. A member of the military profession; a soldier. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > military man > [noun] martialist1576 cavalier1589 martial?1611 militarista1616 swordmana1616 camper1631 swordsman1701 military1709 serviceman1832 militant1842 1842 United Service Mag. ii. 540 Will this modicum of embryo scientific militants suffice for every regiment? 1862 G. B. McClellan Let. 4 Aug. in War of Rebellion (U.S. War Dept.) (1884) 1st Ser. XI. iii. 355 It has been my purpose to conduct the military operations for which I am responsible with due regard to the obligations imposed upon militants by the laws and customs of civilized warfare. 1888 Littell's Living Age 7 Apr. 35/2 The weakness of nations is in actual war... Men [are] withdrawn from being productive citizens, in order to be protective militants. 2. a. A person who strongly espouses a cause, esp. one who is aggressively active in pursuing a political or social cause. In later use also: spec. a member of an ideologically or politically motivated faction or force. Cf. sense A. 3b. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > those involved in labour relations > [noun] > one seeking change by direct action militant1909 society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > militancy > [noun] > militant person militant1909 1851 Amer. Whig Rev. 14 490 Controversialists have a vast advantage over militants in a more sanguinary warfare. 1897 Catholic World Aug. 584 Therefore the Militants meet on the afternoon of their Communion Sunday, and recite the little chaplet of the Immaculate Virgin. 1900 Daily News 6 Apr. 6/5 They [sc. Anarchists in England] are divided into two bodies: ‘Idealists’ and ‘Militants’. 1909 Englishwoman Apr. 323 That bias has been greatly intensified amongst almost all classes of suffragists by the tactics of the militants. 1939 Theology 39 437 The lives of certain of the militants reveal that Jocism stands for strength through holiness and self-sacrifice. 1968 Daily Tel. 12 Nov. 25/1 Ultra-left militants in the Electrical Trades Union are planning another demonstration today. 1973 Black World Sept. 96/2 The young militants look down upon Anna's poetry. 1983 M. Edwardes Back from Brink v. 81 Management was faced with countless cases where union authority over their own members had broken down and our dealings with the militants were to have the effect of strengthening the union structure in an unprecedented way. 1997 Economist 4 Jan. 56/3 Assamese militants blew up three oil pipelines in November to assert their supremacy. b. spec. Frequently in form Militant. A person who sympathizes with the views expressed in the Trotskyite newspaper Militant, set up in 1964; a supporter of the Militant tendency (see Militant tendency n.). ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > British party politics > [noun] > Trotskyist organization > supporter of militant1970 1944 J. P. Cannon Hist. Amer. Trotskyism x. 193 The Militant was the name of the official organ of the American Trotskyists from the very beginning…The Militant signified the party worker, the party activist, the party fighter.] 1970 Militant Nov. 4/3 Now they are not ballot-rigging: they are preventing militants' names from even appearing on the ballot-papers! 1979 Economist 7 Apr. 30/3 The Militants hold all the seats on the Labour Party's Young Socialists' executive. 1985 Christian Sci. Monitor 23 Dec. 8/3 The booting out of Militants from party membership..will represent yet another victory for moderation. 2000 Herald (Glasgow) (Electronic ed.) 14 Nov. People like Jimmy Reid, Militants, and other assorted ragbags of left-wingers caused the problems which led to the demise of the Labour Party and made us unelectable. c. In form Militant. = Militant tendency n. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > British party politics > [noun] > Trotskyist organization Militant tendency1979 militant1980 1980 Economist 19 Jan. 18/2 The major advance which Militant has made inside the Labour party is to capture the official youth organisation. 1986 Tribune 12 Sept. 7/1 She..was one of those who walked out of the NEC's hearings into Militant. 1990 Times 8 Mar. 5/3 Many of the ‘smash the poll tax’ leaflets..are being printed by Militant—the wealthiest of the Trotskyite groups—at its East London presses. 1996 New Statesman (Electronic ed.) 19 Jan. 36 Militant was prescient enough to campaign for a separate Scottish parliament while Labour remained sceptical and other Trotskyite groups opposed it for ‘class reasons’. Derivatives ˈmilitantness n. rare the quality of being militant. ΚΠ 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Militantness, militant or war-faring State or Condition. 1999 Jewish Post (N.Y.) (Electronic ed.) May–June 3/3 A new party..calls for a fight against religious militantness in Israel. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.?a1425
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