Spartan

  • 21spartan — adjective a) austere, frugal or characterized by self denial I went on the retreat to the monastery thinking I would be sleeping in a spartan cell to discover a simple, but comfortable bedroom. b) resolute in the face of danger or adversity …

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  • 22Spartan — Spartanism, n. Spartanly, Spartanically, adv. /spahr tn/, adj. 1. Also, Spartanic /spahr tan ik/. 2. of or pertaining to Sparta or its people. 3. suggestive of the ancient Spartans; sternly disciplined and rigorously simple, frugal, or austere. 4 …

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  • 23spartan — adjective the monk s spartan cell Syn: austere, harsh, hard, frugal, stringent, rigorous, strict, stern, severe; ascetic, abstemious; bleak, joyless, grim, bare, stark, plain Ant …

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  • 24Spartan — Spar•tan [[t]ˈspɑr tn[/t]] adj. Also, Spar•tan′ic [[t] ˈtæn ɪk[/t]] 1) peo geg of or pertaining to Sparta or its inhabitants 2) suggestive of the ancient Spartans; sternly disciplined and rigorously simple, frugal, or austere 3) brave; undaunted… …

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  • 25spartan — /ˈspatn/ (say spahtn) (sometimes upper case) –adjective 1. rigorously simple, frugal, or austere; sternly disciplined. –noun 2. a person of spartan characteristics. {from Sparta} –spartanism, noun …

  • 26Spartan Web Radio — (SWR) is an internet based broadcasting venue for the TWU Spartans, the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) league team of Trinity Western University, located in Langley, British Columbia, Canada. Founded in 2004, SWR broadcasts virtually all… …

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  • 27Spartan (satélite) — Spartan El Spartan 201 siendo recuperado Organización NASA Vehículo de lanzamiento Transbordador espacial …

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  • 28Spartan 117 — Spartan John 117 Pour les articles homonymes, voir Spartan. Major Spartan John 117 Légende {{{légende}}} Série Halo …

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  • 29Spartan 177 — Spartan John 117 Pour les articles homonymes, voir Spartan. Major Spartan John 117 Légende {{{légende}}} Série Halo …

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  • 30Spartan pederasty — Spartan pederasty, the traditional intimate and pedagogic friendship between a man and a boy, a custom held in common with other Dorian tribes, is thought to have either been introduced at the time of the Dorian invasion, around 1200 B.C., or to… …

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