gladiature

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English

Etymology

From Latin gladiatura.

Noun

gladiature (plural gladiatures)

  1. swordplay; gladiatorial contest
    • 1654, Edmund Gayton, Pleasant Notes upon Don Quixote:
      Nay in their amphitheatricall gladiatures, the lives of captives lay at the mercy of the Vulgar

References

gladiature”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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