Gladiator definitions

glăd'ē-ā'tər
A person, usually a professional combatant, a captive, or a slave, trained to entertain the public by engaging in mortal combat with another person or a wild animal in the ancient Roman arena.
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A person engaged in a controversy or debate, especially in public; a disputant.
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A professional boxer.
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A person, usually a professional combatant, a captive, or a slave, trained to entertain the public by engaging in mortal combat with another person or a wild animal in the ancient Roman arena.
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A person engaged in a controversy or debate, especially in public; a disputant.
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A professional boxer.
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In ancient Rome, a man trained to fight animals or other men with weapons in an arena, for the entertainment of spectators.
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Any person taking part in a public controversy or fight.
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(in ancient Rome) A person (professional or slave) who entertained the public by engaging in mortal combat with another, or with a wild animal.
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(by extension) A disputant in a public controversy or debate.
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Origin of gladiator

Middle English from Latin gladiātor from gladius sword of Celtic origin Old Irish claideb

Sentence Examples

  • It was in this lofty rock-girt hollow that the gladiator Spartacus was besieged by the praetor Claudius Pulcher; he escaped by twisting ropes of vine branches and descending through unguarded fissures in the crater-rim.

  • The battle that started to ensue made the violent movie Gladiator look like a picnic.

  • With these may be named the demon lantern-bearers, so perfect in the grotesque treatment of the diabolical heads and the accurate anatomical forms of the sturdy body and limbs; the colossal temple guardians of the great gate of Tdai-ji, by Unkei and Kwaikei (11th century), somewhat conventionalized, but still bearing evidence of direct study from nature, and inspired with intense energy of action; and the smaller but more accurately modelled temple guardians in the Saikondo, Nara, which almost compare with the fighting gladiator in their realization of menacing strength.

  • Queen Mary, who was by Gladiator out of a daughter of Plenipotentiary and Myrrha by Whalebone, when mated with Melbourne produced Blink Bonny (winner of the Derby and Oaks); when mated with Mango and Lanercost she produced Haricot, dam of Caller Ou (winner of the St Leger).

  • When I was leaving, he started quoting to me the most sadistic dialog from Gladiator with obvious relish.

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