1. (

• Spartan

) a resident of Sparta ;

1. (

• Spartan

) of or relating to or characteristic of Sparta or its people ;

2. (

• spartan

) resolute in the face of pain or danger or adversity; "spartan courage" ;

3. (

• severe ,
• spartan

) 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" ;

4. (

• ascetic ,
• ascetical ,
• austere ,
• spartan

) 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" ;