Talk:militarian

Request for verification

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An anon has questioned the "reality" of this seldom-edited word. --EncycloPetey 17:11, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

Though there are many scannos for utilitarian and though no OneLook dictionary has it, the word seems real. I'm less sure about the noun meanings given. I could buy "military man/person". DCDuring TALK 15:23, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

I have IMHO cited the adjective. It might be possible to cite an additional sense that is more specifically pejorative.

As for the noun, the original contributor must have been imagining a back-formation from militarianism or Militarianism. I'm not finding it. However, there is a sense of "a person in, connected to, or interested in the military" for which I have provided quotations. DCDuring TALK 16:26, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

Cited, thanks. --EncycloPetey 15:33, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

But the four cites for the noun don't support the two senses very well. I will RfV-sense the two noun senses. DCDuring TALK 17:07, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

Said senses RFV failed, removed. —Ruakh_TALK 18:10, 21 October 2009 (UTC)