militarian

comparative more militarian · superlative most militarian

1. of or pertaining to the military

   Anthony Cordesman is a militarian analyst at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, DC

   2007 May 16, “How America's 'Czars' Fare in Their Work”, in NPR

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   Naturally our talk at first was about the Scouts Movement which he [Baden-Powell] was anxious to disassociate from everything militarian.

   1923, Coulson Kernahan, Celebrities - Little Stories about Famous Folk, page 230

   The employers used the authoritarian traditions in a highly selective way, adopting the authoritarian practices of militarian rule slightly modified

   1987, Joachim E. Bergmann with Shigeyoshi Tokunaga, Economic and social aspects of industrial relations, page 46

plural militarians

1. A person in or involved with military service.

   No maverick, Gibson said he just wanted to say hello and payback the militarians for their service to their country.

   2001 October 2, “For Sept. 11, the hymn sung round the world”, in Philadelphia Inquirer

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   For militarians, he gives the lowdown on cruise missiles and submarines. For utilitarians, there are explanations of how refrigerators and air-conditioners work

   2001 November 15, “IT TAKES A BRAIN TO EXPLAIN”, in St. Louis Post-Dispatch

   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.

   2005, Jacey Eckhart, The Homefront Club: The Hardheaded Woman's Guide to Raising a Military Family, page 35

   And one of the hardest things I have ever seen actually was to be there during Batsina (ph) in 2005 when he sent police and youth militarians through the townships to bulldoze people's houses.

   2008 July 4, “Mugabe at the African Union Summit”, in CNN International