Definitions
(ancient Rome) a professional combatant or a captive who entertained the public by engaging in mortal combat
Word origin
From Latin gladiātor, from gladius (“sword”). See also English gladius.
Used in a sentence
“My mother prepared herself for the evening with the same somber deliberateness of the gladiators in Spartacus.”
“The guards made me fight other prisoners for their own amusement. It was called gladiatoring.”
“I played very well as was evidenced in that I was the only participant in the entire six or seven days of wind gladiatoring who received a standing ovation from the orchestra, no less.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Arena fighter”9 letters
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