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#1 spartan n. [Spartan] a resident of Sparta. wn
#2 spartan a. [Spartan] of or relating to or characteristic of Sparta or its people. wn
#3 spartan s. resolute in the face of pain or danger or adversity; "spartan courage". wn
#4 spartan s. [severe] unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment; "a parent severe to the pitch of hostility"- H.G.Wells; "a hefty six-footer with a rather severe mien"; "a strict disciplinarian"; "a Spartan upbringing". wn
#5 spartan s. [ascetic, ascetical, austere] practicing great self-denial; "Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it"- William James; "a desert nomad's austere life"; "a spartan diet"; "a spartan existence". wn
#2 spartan a. [Spartan] of or relating to or characteristic of Sparta or its people. wn
#3 spartan s. resolute in the face of pain or danger or adversity; "spartan courage". wn
#4 spartan s. [severe] unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment; "a parent severe to the pitch of hostility"- H.G.Wells; "a hefty six-footer with a rather severe mien"; "a strict disciplinarian"; "a Spartan upbringing". wn
#5 spartan s. [ascetic, ascetical, austere] practicing great self-denial; "Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it"- William James; "a desert nomad's austere life"; "a spartan diet"; "a spartan existence". wn
