All 3 Uses of
militant
in
Light in August
- There is nothing militant in it, nothing of outraged morality.†
Chpt 4 *militant = using extreme or violent methods used to achieve a political goal; or someone who uses such methods
- Perhaps, if he were thinking at all, he believed that he had been guided and were now being propelled by some militant Michael Himself as he entered the room.†
Chpt 9
- Yet it still seemed to be filled with the presence of the blonde woman, its very cramped harsh walls bulged outward with that militant and diamondsurfaced respectability.†
Chpt 10
Definition:
using extreme or violent methods to achieve a political goal; or someone who uses such methods