militarianとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˌmɪl.ɪˈtɛəɹi.ən/
• (General American) IPA: /ˌmɪl.ɪˈtɛɹi.ən/
• 韻: -ɛəɹiən

形容詞

militarian (comparative more militarian, superlative most militarian)

1. of or pertaining to the military
   • 1923, Coulson Kernahan, Celebrities - Little Stories about Famous Folk, page 230:

     Naturally our talk at first was about the Scouts Movement which he [Baden-Powell] was anxious to disassociate from everything militarian.

   • 1987, Joachim E. Bergmann with Shigeyoshi Tokunaga, Economic and social aspects of industrial relations, page 46:

     The employers used the authoritarian traditions in a highly selective way, adopting the authoritarian practices of militarian rule slightly modified

   • 2007 May 16, “How America's 'Czars' Fare in Their Work”, in NPR:

     Anthony Cordesman is a militarian analyst at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, DC

名詞

militarian (plural militarians)

1. A person in or involved with military service.
   • 2001 November 15, “IT TAKES A BRAIN TO EXPLAIN”, in St. Louis Post-Dispatch:

     For militarians, he gives the lowdown on cruise missiles and submarines. For utilitarians, there are explanations of how refrigerators and air-conditioners work

   • 2001 October 2, “For Sept. 11, the hymn sung round the world”, in Philadelphia Inquirer:

     No maverick, Gibson said he just wanted to say hello and payback the militarians for their service to their country.

   • 2005, Jacey Eckhart, The Homefront Club: The Hardheaded Woman's Guide to Raising a Military Family, page 35:

     Me, I've spent my whole life studying native militarians. They are an interesting people, clad in colorful native dress and participating in bizarre social customs.

   • 2008 July 4, “Mugabe at the African Union Summit”, in CNN International:

     And one of the hardest things I have ever seen actually was to be there during Batsina (ph) in 2005 when he sent police and youth militarians through the townships to bulldoze people's houses.

アナグラム

• limitarian