martial

Meanings

Adjective

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

Noun

• A soldier, a warrior.
• A celestial object under the astrological influence of the planet Mars.
• Synonym of Martian

Origin

• From Middle English martial, marcial, mercial, mercialle, from Middle French martial (modern French martial), or directly from its etymon Latin mārtiālis, from Mārtius + -ālis. The English word is cognate with Italian marziale, Portuguese marcial, Spanish marcial.