1. (a.) Pertaining to, or suited for, war; military; as, martial law; a martial appearance.
2. (a.) Practiced in, or inclined to, war; warlike; brave.
3. (a.) Belonging to war, or to an army and navy; -- opposed to civil; as, martial law; a court-martial.
4. (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the god, or the planet, Mars.
5. (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, iron; chalybeate; as, martial preparations.
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