martial🔊

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.

(astrology, obsolete) Pertaining to the astrological influence of the planet Mars.

(astronomy, obsolete) Of or relating to the planet Mars; Martian.

(chemistry, medicine, obsolete) Containing or relating to iron; chalybeate, ferric, ferrous.

(obsolete) A soldier, a warrior.

(astrology, obsolete) A celestial object under the astrological influence of the planet Mars.

(chiefly science fiction, obsolete) An inhabitant of the planet Mars.