Spartan

of or relating to or characteristic of Sparta or its people

resolute in the face of pain or danger or adversity

• “spartan courage”

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”

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”
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• “;”

a resident of Sparta