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spartan
spartan is a 7-letter English word with 7 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Of or pertaining to Sparta, especially to ancient Sparta; hence, hardy; undaunted; as, Spartan souls; Spartan bravey. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 7 senses
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- 1adjective
Of or pertaining to Sparta, especially to ancient Sparta; hence, hardy; undaunted; as, Spartan souls; Spartan bravey.
- 2noun
A native or inhabitant of Sparta; figuratively, a person of great courage and fortitude.
- 3noun
a resident of Sparta
- 4adjective
practicing great self-denial- William James
"Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it"
"a desert nomad's austere life"
- 5adjective
unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment- H.G.Wells
"a parent severe to the pitch of hostility"
"a hefty six-footer with a rather severe mien"
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- 6adjective
resolute in the face of pain or danger or adversity
"spartan courage"
- 7adjective
of or relating to or characteristic of Sparta or its people
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