| Noun | 1. | Spartan - a resident of SpartaSparta - an ancient Greek city famous for military prowess; the dominant city of the Peloponnesus prior to the 4th century BC | |
| Adj. | 1. | Spartan - of or relating to or characteristic of Sparta or its people | |
| 2. | spartan - resolute in the face of pain or danger or adversity; "spartan courage"resolute - firm in purpose or belief; characterized by firmness and determination; "stood resolute against the enemy"; "faced with a resolute opposition"; "a resolute and unshakeable faith" | |
| 3. | spartan - 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" | |
| 4. | spartan - 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"abstemious - sparing in consumption of especially food and drink; "the pleasures of the table, never of much consequence to one naturally abstemious"- John Galsworthy | |