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, strict]

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] n : a resident of Sparta

see spartan

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑː(r)tən

Proper noun

1. A citizen of Sparta.

Adjective

Spartan

1. Of or relating to Sparta or its citizens.

Spartan may refer to:

• pertaining to Sparta
  • Spartan hoplite, heavy infantryman in the Spartan army
  • Spartan Army
• Spartan (apple), apple cultivar developed in 1926
• Spartan Alphabet, fingerspelling

Popular culture

• John Spartan, male lead character in the 1990s movie Demolition Man
• Spartan (comics), Wildstorm comic book character
• Spartan (film), written and directed by David Mamet and starring Val Kilmer
• Spartan Federation, faction in the PC game Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri
• Spartan (computer game), turn-based strategy game
• Spartan: Total Warrior, video game for the PS2, Xbox, and GameCube platforms
• SPARTAN Project, fictional super soldier producing government project in the Halo video game series
• Meet the Spartans, parody movie, based on the movie 300

Sports

• Hamrun Spartans
• Protein Cookie Spartans
• Michigan State Spartans
• Norfolk State Spartans
• San Jose State Spartans
• White Station High School Spartans
• Athens Academy Spartans
• Spartans F.C.
• University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Technology

• Spartan (software), molecular modelling and computational chemistry application from Wavefunction, Inc.
• Spartan (FPGA), family of FPGAs from Xilinx

Vehicles

• FV103 Spartan, British armoured personnel carrier
• LIM-49A Spartan, American anti-ballistic missile
• Simmonds Spartan, 1920s British biplane
• Alenia Aeronautica C-27J Spartan, military tactical transport aircraft
• Spartan Aircraft Ltd
• Spartan Aircraft Company

See also

• Sparta (disambiguation)

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