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say it: MIL-uh-tuhnt
militant is an adjective and noun meaning "disposed to warfare or hard-line policies". It is pronounced /ˈmɪlətənt/ — MIL-uh-tuhnt. It carries 4 recorded senses.
disposed to warfare or hard-line policies
“militant nations”
“hawkish congressman”
“warlike policies”
showing a fighting disposition
“highly competitive sales representative”
“militant in fighting for better wages for workers”
“his self-assertive and ubiquitous energy”
engaged in war
“belligerent (or warring) nations”
a militant reformer
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for militant come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.