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Grammar : Noun
Spell : glad-ee-ey-ter
Phonetic Transcription : ˈglæd iˌeɪ tər


Définition of gladiator

Origin :
  • mid-15c., "Roman swordsman," from Latin gladiator, literally "swordsman," from gladius "sword," probably from Gaulish (cf. Welsh cleddyf, Cornish clethe, Breton kleze "sword;" see claymore). Old Irish claideb is from Welsh.
  • The close connection with Celtic words for 'sword', together with the imperfect match of initial consonants, and the semantic field of weaponry, suggests that Latin borrowed a form *gladio- or *kladio- (a hypothetical variant of attested British Celtic *kladimo- 'sword') from [Proto-Celtic] or from a third language. [de Vaan]
  • noun combatant
Example sentences :
  • I studied the people's faces as a gladiator might have done in the arena.
  • Extract from : « Jane Journeys On » by Ruth Comfort Mitchell
  • "There goes the Gladiator," said Reanda to his companion, suddenly.
  • Extract from : « Casa Braccio, Volumes 1 and 2 (of 2) » by F. Marion Crawford
  • You will see how he will crush in the ribs of your gladiator, like an egg shell.'
  • Extract from : « The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 » by Various
  • I am Macer, the son of that Macer who was neighbor of the gladiator Pollex,—'
  • Extract from : « Aurelian » by William Ware
  • He is brother of Sosia the gladiator, and breeds dogs for the theatres.
  • Extract from : « Aurelian » by William Ware
  • He was of small stature, but very broad-shouldered; in fact, built like a gladiator.
  • Extract from : « Mauprat » by George Sand
  • “There are green fields in Thrace,” sighs the gladiator as he dies.
  • Extract from : « The Singing Mouse Stories » by Emerson Hough
  • He had bet on Lydon the gladiator; I must make up my tablets elsewhere.
  • Extract from : « The Last Days of Pompeii » by Edward George Bulwer-Lytton
  • The gladiator felt that his doom was sealed: he uttered no prayer—no groan.
  • Extract from : « The Last Days of Pompeii » by Edward George Bulwer-Lytton
  • With the battle-cry of his tribe, he flung his huge body on the gladiator.
  • Extract from : « A Thorny Path [Per Aspera], Complete » by Georg Ebers

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