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martial

Pronunciation: /ˈmɑːʃəl/

The English word “martial” has 9 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Of, relating to, or suggestive of war; warlike.
  2. Connected with or relating to armed forces or the profession of arms or military life.
  3. Characteristic of or befitting a warrior; having a military bearing; soldierly.
  4. Pertaining to the astrological influence of the planet Mars.
  5. Of or relating to the planet Mars; Martian.
  6. Containing, or relating to, iron (which was symbolically associated with the planet Mars by alchemists); chalybeate, ferric, ferrous.

noun

  1. A soldier, a warrior.
  2. A celestial object under the astrological influence of the planet Mars.
  3. Synonym of Martian (“inhabitant of the planet Mars”).

Etymology

From Middle English martial, marcial, mercial, mercialle (“relating to war, warlike; military; for use in fighting or warfare; brave, hardy; combative, fierce; ruthless, vicious; domineering, overbearing”), from Middle French martial (modern French martial (“martial”)), or directly from its etymon Latin mārtiālis (“of or pertaining to Mars, the Roman god of war”), from Mārtius (“of or pertaining…

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