Spartan
adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Sparta or its people
[syn: {Spartan}]
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 [syn: {Spartan}]