Spartan
Multiple Entries:Spartan spartan
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Spartan1
▶adjective relating to Sparta, a city state in ancient Greece. ▶noun a citizen of Sparta.
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Spartan2
▶noun a Canadian dessert apple of a variety with crisp white flesh and maroon-flushed yellow skin.
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spartan/ˈspɑːtn/
▶adjective lacking comfort or luxury; austere.
– origin C17: from Spartan1, because the Spartans were traditionally held to be indifferent to comfort or luxury.
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