spartan

CEFRC1

/ˈspɑː(ɹ)tən/

adjective

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Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

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The spartan legionaries vowed to fight to the death.
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.
I went on the retreat to the monastery, thinking I would be sleeping in a spartan cell, only to discover a simple but comfortable bedroom.

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The engine was Class "3" 2-6-2 tank No. 82013, with Driver Sampson (Exmouth), and its roomy draught-free cab was a striking contrast to the spartan comfort offered on the Drummond tank.
1960 June, R. C. Riley, “The coastal branches of South-East Devon: Part Two”, in Trains Illustrated, page 337
Among its findings, the report says: "In recent years we have seen more stations transformed from run-down Victorian hulks, or spartan bus-sheltered platforms, into places that people can take pride in, feel comfortable in using, and which are fulfilling more of their wider potential.
2020 August 26, “Network News: Stations investment boosts regeneration, says report”, in Rail, page 17
[I]t was furnished with the spartan simplicity which characterizes womanless quarters.
1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 4

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By analogy with the ancient Spartans, who famously possessed these qualities.