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Meaning of spartan

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  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

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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