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Gladiator

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

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.

n. A person engaged in a controversy or debate, especially in public; a disputant.

n. Sports A professional boxer.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. a person (professional or slave) who entertained the public by engaging in mortal combat with another, or with a wild animal

n. a disputant in a public controversy or debate

n. a professional boxer

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. Originally, a swordplayer; hence, one who fought with weapons in public, either on the occasion of a funeral ceremony, or in the arena, for public amusement.

n. One who engages in any fierce combat or controversy.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. In Rom. antiq., one who fought in public for the entertainment of the people, either with other gladiators or with wild animals.

n. A combatant in general; a boxer or prize-fighter; a wrestler; also, a disputant.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a professional boxer

n. (ancient Rome) a professional combatant or a captive who entertained the public by engaging in mortal combat

Word Usage

"These women are slowly but surely transforming what I call the gladiator culture that currently prevails in most business organizations."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

scrapper combatant battler belligerent fighter

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

retiarius swordsman andabate secutor

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

boxer strappy wrestler open-toed guardsman