Spartan (
http://definr.com/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]