of, pertaining to, or suited for, war; military; as, martial music; a martial appearance.-practiced in, or inclined to, war; warlike; brave.-belonging to war, or to an army and navy; -- opposed to civil; as, martial law; a court-martial.-pertaining to, or resembling, the god, or the planet, mars.-pertaining to, or containing, iron; chalybeate; as, martial preparations.