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gladiator

[glad-ee-ey-ter] / ˈglæd iˌeɪ tər /
NOUN
combatant
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He’s even holding a gladiator contest on the White House lawn in June to celebrate his birthday.

From Salon • May 3, 2026

One speaks of a gladiator in the singular, but we learn from Mr. Sidebottom that there were at least nine different types of gladiator: the murmillo, the thraex, the retiarius, the eques and so on.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

"You get these gladiator humans and it looks like they weren't even carrying anything," he said.

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026

On this week’s Amicus podcast, Dahlia Lithwick talked with election law gladiator Marc Elias, chair of Elias Law Group and founder of Democracy Docket.

From Slate • Feb. 10, 2026

She’d faced that type of fighter in gladiator training many times.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan




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