Spartan
    adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Sparta or its
           people
    2: resolute in the face of pain or danger or adversity; "spartan
       courage"
    3: 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" [syn: severe,
       spartan]
    4: 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" [syn:
       ascetic, ascetical, austere, spartan]
    n 1: a resident of Sparta

Spartan \Spar"tan\, a. [L. Spartanus.]
   Of or pertaining to Sparta, especially to ancient Sparta;
   hence, hardy; undaunted; as, Spartan souls; Spartan bravey.
   -- n. A native or inhabitant of Sparta; figuratively, a
   person of great courage and fortitude.
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