eng: spartan

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Meaning
means	(adjective) resolute in the face of pain or danger or adversity; "spartan courage" spartan
means	(adjective) 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" severe, spartan
means	(adjective) 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" spartan, ascetical, ascetic, austere