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glad·i·a·tor Audio Help (glād'ē-ā'tər) Pronunciation Key
n.

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.
A person engaged in a controversy or debate, especially in public; a disputant.
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
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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
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Lithuanian:	gladiatorius
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Russian:	гладиатор
Slovak:	gladiátor
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Turkish:	gladyatör