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glad·i·a·tor    Audio Help   (glād'ē-ā'tər)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  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.
  2. A person engaged in a controversy or debate, especially in public; a disputant.
  3. Sports A professional boxer.


[Middle English, from Latin gladiātor, from gladius, sword, of Celtic origin.]

glad'i·a·to'ri·al (-ə-tôr'ē-əl, -tōr'-) adj.
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gladiator [ˈglӕdieitə] noun
in ancient Rome, a man trained to fight with other men or with animals for the amusement of spectators
Arabic: مُجالِد، مُصارِع
Chinese (Simplified): 斗士, 罗马公开表演的格斗者
Chinese (Traditional): 角鬥士
Czech: gladiátor
Danish: gladiator
Dutch: gladiator
Estonian: gladiaator
Finnish: gladiaattori
French: gladiateur
German: der Gladiator
Greek: μονομάχος
Hungarian: gladiátor
Icelandic: skylmingaþræll
Indonesian: gladiator
Italian: gladiatore
Japanese: 剣闘士
Korean: 검투사
Latvian: gladiators
Lithuanian: gladiatorius
Norwegian: gladiator
Polish: gladiator
Portuguese (Brazil): gladiador
Portuguese (Portugal): gladiador
Romanian: gladiator
Russian: гладиатор
Slovak: gladiátor
Slovenian: gladiator
Spanish: gladiador
Swedish: gladiator
Turkish: gladyatör
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