Gladiator
['glædɪeɪtə] or ['ɡlædɪetɚ]
Definition
(noun.) (ancient Rome) a professional combatant or a captive who entertained the public by engaging in mortal combat.
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Definition
(n.) Originally, a swordplayer; hence, one who fought with weapons in public, either on the occasion of a funeral ceremony, or in the arena, for public amusement.
(n.) One who engages in any fierce combat or controversy.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Sword-player, prizefighter (in ancient Rome).
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Definition
n. in ancient Rome a professional combatant with men or beasts in the arena.—adjs. Glad′iāte sword-shaped; Gladiatō′rial Gladiā′tory Gladiatō′rian.—ns. Glad′iatorship; Glā′dius the cuttle-bone or pen of a cuttle-fish.
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Examples
- In 73 B.C. all Italy was terrified by a rising of the slaves, and particularly of the gladiators, led by a gladiator from Thessaly, Spartacus. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The pride of the world in sculptures seem to be the Laocoon and the Dying Gladiator, in Rome. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- There was a sofa where Mr. Pocket stood, and he dropped upon it in the attitude of the Dying Gladiator. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- In 73 B.C. all Italy was terrified by a rising of the slaves, and particularly of the gladiators, led by a gladiator from Thessaly, Spartacus. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- NEW GLADIATORS! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- All who know us are aware that although we are at times justly severe upon tigers and martyrs, we never intentionally offend gladiators. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Gladiators who objected to fight for any reason were driven on by whips and hot irons. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Gladiators fought with gladiators and at times with warrior prisoners from many a distant land. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- To begin with, while wars were frequent, the gladiators were prisoners of war. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The choked old fountain, where erst the gladiators washed, might have leaped into life again to honour the ceremony. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- This was a modest display of three couples, but soon gladiators were fighting by the hundred. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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