Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A warrior or soldier; a military man.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A warrior.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
warrior .
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Examples
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I bear tales, and that against my brother martialist?
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“But, gossip — good gossip,” answered the martialist with out, “I am beset with villains, and beg the shelter of your roof!”
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Consider, good neighbour, thou art too old for a young martialist to wrangle with.
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Sussex was, according to the phrase of the times, a martialist — had done good service in Ireland and in
Kenilworth 2004
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On the north side of the steps leading up to the choir is a brass tablet on a pillar, recording the merits of the "renowned martialist," Colonel
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Winchester A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See Philip Walsingham Sergeant 1912
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Nestor advises Agamemnon to set an advanced guard, which that martialist had never thought of doing, and to discuss matters over supper.
Homer and His Age Andrew Lang 1878
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Saying this the self-satisfied martialist opened the basket and solaced his appetite with a slice of pasty and a draught of wine.
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Henry's horse also had all the furniture necessary to a campaign; and the young martialist himself, notwithstanding his sister's disapproval, was begirt with a sword-belt, from which depended a light sabre, with which he was in the habit of exhibiting himself in the corps of the Rangers.
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Even our young martialist, Henry, had become so inured to the toils of the road, that now, with the aid of a sleep which Horse Shoe had affectionately guarded until the last moment -- to say nothing of a good luncheon of broiled venison, which the boy discussed after he had mounted into his saddle -- he might be considered the most light-hearted of the host.
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Butler laughed, and applauded the young martialist for his discrimination.
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