Spartan
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- "austere, frugal or characterized by self-denial, as was customary in Sparta
- I went on the retreat to the monastery thinking I would be sleeping in a spartan cell to discover a simple, but comfortable bedroom.
- resolute in the face of danger or adversity
- The spartan legionnaries vowed to fight to the death.
- lacking in decoration and luxury
- After ten years as a fashion designer in the rough-and-tumble Garment District, Eloise left New York for the spartan but serene life of a farmer's wife.
--Wiktionary, 2009
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