To give force or effect toward; to influence. / (obsolete) To fight.

Fighting or disposed to fight; belligerent, warlike. / Aggressively supporting of a political or social cause; adamant, combative.

(obsolete) A soldier, a combatant. / An entrenched or aggressive adherent to a particular cause, now especially a member of a particular ideological faction.

The quality of being militant.

plural of militant

(uncountable) The condition of being militant / (countable) A hostile or warlike act

plural of militance

militancy

plural of militancy

Abbreviation of military.