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milites gloriosi

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mi⋅li⋅tes glo⋅ri⋅o⋅si

  [mee-li-teyz -glawr-ee-oh-see, glohr-]
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–plural noun, singular mi⋅les glo⋅ri⋅o⋅sus [mee-leyz -glawr-ee-oh-suhs, glohr-] . Latin.
(esp. as stock characters in comic literature) bragging soldiers.
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mi·les glo·ri·o·sus   (mē'lās glôr'ē-ō'səs, glōr'-)   
n.   pl. mi·li·tes glo·ri·o·si (mē'lĭ-tās glôr'ē-ō'sē, glōr'-)
A bragging and often cowardly soldier, especially as a stock character in comedy.

[Latin mīles glōriōsus, after Mīles Glōriōsus, a comedy by Plautus.]
mi·li·tes glo·ri·o·si   (mē'lĭ-tās glôr'ē-ō'sē, glōr'-)   
n.  Plural of miles gloriosus.
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