Look up: Gladiator

1. Gladiator
   the term comes from the Latin word meaning 'sword', gladius; gladiators were condemned criminals, prisoners of war, or slaves bought for the purpose of gladiatorial combat by a lanista, or owner/trainer of gladiators; gladiators could also be free men who voluteered fight.
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2. Gladiator
   A gladiator was a Roman professional fighter. The first known instance of gladiators being exhibited was in 264 BC by Marcus and Decimus Brutus at the funeral of their father.
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3. Gladiator
   A slave trained to fight other gladiators or animals in amphitheatres.
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4. gladiator
   [n] - (ancient Rome) a professional combatant or a captive who entertained the public by engaging in mortal combat
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5. gladiator
   In ancient Rome, a trained fighter, recruited mainly from slaves, criminals, and prisoners of war, who fought to the death in arenas for the entertainment of spectators. The custom was introduced...
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6. gladiator
   Literally, a person who fought with a gladius. A person trained to fight in amphitheatres other gladiators, criminals, prisoners-of-war, or animals (probably more correctly called either bestiarii or venatores). Although the first gladiators were slaves or prisoners-of-war, citizens, freedmen, professional fighters amd women also became gladiators …
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7. Gladiator
   Swordfighter.
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8. Gladiator
   NATO designation for soviet surface-to-air missile system S-300 [SU]
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9. Gladiator
   Glad"i·a`tor noun [ Latin , from gladius sword. See Glaive .] 1. 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. 2. One who engages in any fierce combat or controversy.
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10. Gladiator
    `Gladiators` were professional fighters in ancient Rome who fought against each other, wild animals, and condemned criminals, sometimes to the death, for the entertainment of spectators. These fights took place in arenas in many cities from the Roman Republic period through the Roman Empire.
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11. Gladiator
    `Gladiators` were professional fighters in ancient Rome who fought against each other, wild animals, and condemned criminals, sometimes to the death, for the entertainment of spectators. These fights took place in arenas in many cities from the Roman Republic period through the Roman Empire.
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12. Gladiator
    • (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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13. Gladiator
    (from the article `Scott, Ridley`) ...and feminist theme were the focus of critical attention, and he received an Academy Award nomination for his work. After a string of critical and ... ...Jeffrey Wigand in The Insider (1999). Two years later he took the academy`s best actor award for his role as Maximus, a Roman general turned ... ...
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14. gladiator
    professional combatant in ancient Rome. The gladiators originally performed at Etruscan funerals, no doubt with intent to give the dead man armed ... [3 related articles]
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15. gladiator
    gladiator 1. 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; now more like a person engaged in a controversy or debate, especially in public; a disputant. 2. In ancient Rome, a professional fighter who fought ano...
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