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retiarius

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re⋅ti⋅ar⋅i⋅us

  [ree-shee-air-ee-uhs]
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–noun, plural -ar⋅i⋅i  [-air-ee-ahy, -air-ee-ee] . Roman History.
a gladiator equipped with a net for casting over his opponent.
Origin:
1640–50; < L, equiv. to rēt- (s. of rēte net) + -i- -i- + -ārius -arius
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