Militant

The word militant can refer to any individual engaged in warfare, a fight, combat, or generally serving as a soldier. Journalists often use militant as a purportedly neutral term for violent actors who do not belong to an established military. Typically, a militant engages in violence as part of a claimed struggle for achievement of a political goal.

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Popular usage sometimes sees "militants" as synonymous with terrorists, though perhaps charcterised with a slightly less loaded term. The term "militant state" colloquially refers to a state which holds an aggressive posture in support of an ideology or cause.

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Soldier: A soldier is a person who has enlisted with, or has been conscripted into, the armed forces of a sovereign country and has undergone training and received equipment (such as a uniform and weapon) to defend that country or its interests. In most countries, the term soldier is limited to such people ...

Military: A military or military force (n., from Latin militarius, miles "soldier") has seen many different incarnations throughout time. Early armies may have been just men with sharpened sticks and rocks, through time they have included advancements such as men mounted on horses, men wielding swords and ot...

Violence: Violence refers to acts —typically connotative with aggressive and criminal behaviour —which intend to cause or is causing of injury to persons, animals, or (in limited cases) property. Harm to non-human animals may be considered violence, though this depends on the social mores related ...

Militant related Images and Photos (experimental)

Militant Eagle/Prodigal Boxer (DVD) (DBFE)

Militant Justice from the Salone Del Consiglio

The Church Militant and Triumphant Detail of the Heretics from the Spanish Chapel c.1369

"Automatic Suffragette Exterminating Pillar-Box" a Comment on Militant Suffragettes