Both Uses of
militant
in
Main Street
- They welcomed Carol, asked about her husband, gave her advice regarding colic in babies, passed her the gingerbread and scalloped potatoes at church suppers, and in general made her very unhappy and lonely, so that she wondered if she might not enlist in the militant suffrage organization and be allowed to go to jail.†
Chpt 37
- Through her Carol met commanders and majors, newspapermen, chemists and geographers and fiscal experts from the bureaus, and a teacher who was a familiar of the militant suffrage headquarters.†
Chpt 37 *
Definition:
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(militant) using extreme or violent methods used to achieve a political goal; or someone who uses such methods