different between swordsman vs gladiator

English

Alternative forms

• swordman

Etymology

From sword +? -s- +? man.

Noun

swordsman (plural swordsmen)

1. A person skilled at using swords in sport or combat; a fencer.

   He is a remarkable swordsman.

2. A person who fights with a sword.

   Archers attempted to take down an unknown swordsman.

3. (informal) A man who is a skillful or enthusiastic practitioner of sexual intercourse.
   • 2008, Mark Kirby, "Lordy, Lordy, This Woman is 40," GQ, Dec. 16 (retrieved 21 Dec. 2008),

     Jennifer Aniston is in control . . . and getting what she needs from a notorious swordsman eight years her junior.

Synonyms

• (person who wields a sword): swordfighter, swordsperson, swordster
• (skillful or enthusiastic practitioner of sexual intercourse): womanizer

Hyponyms

• (person who wields a sword): swordstress, swordswoman

Translations

Anagrams

• sandworms

English

Alternative forms

• gladiatour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin gladi?tor, from gladius (“sword”). See also English gladius.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??lædi?e?t?/

Noun

gladiator (plural gladiators)

1. (in ancient Rome) A person (professional or slave) who entertained the public by engaging in mortal combat with another, or with a wild animal.
2. (by extension) A disputant in a public controversy or debate.
3. A professional boxer.

Related terms

• gladiatrix
• gladiolus

Translations

Verb

gladiator (third-person singular simple present gladiators, present participle gladiatoring, simple past and past participle gladiatored)

1. To fight as entertainment for others.
2. To compete in a public contest.
3. To debate or argue.
4. To act aggressively toward others.

Danish

Noun

gladiator c (definite singular gladiatoren, indefinite plural gladiatorer, definite plural gladiatorerne)

1. gladiator

Dutch

Etymology

From Latin gladi?tor, from gladius (“sword”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: gla?di?a?tor

Noun

gladiator m (plural gladiatoren or gladiators, diminutive gladiatortje n)

1. gladiator; entertainer who engages in mortal combat

Latin

Etymology

Derived from either gladi? (“I use the sword”) +? -tor (“-tor”) or gladior (“I use the sword”) +? -tor (“-tor”). The verb gladi?re/gladi?ri is attested only indirectly from derived forms such as gladi?tor, ars gladiandi or, in an inscription, gladiantes.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?la.di?a?.tor/, [???äd?i?ä?t??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?la.di?a.tor/, [?l?d?i???t??r]

Noun

gladi?tor m (genitive gladi?t?ris, feminine gladi?tr?x); third declension

1. gladiator, swordsman
2. vocative singular of gladi?tor

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Hyponyms

• (gladiator): pr?voc?tor, r?ti?rius, sec?tor, thraex

Derived terms

• gladi?t?ri?
• gladi?t?rium
• gladi?t?ra

Related terms

• gladiolus
• gladius

Descendants

References

• gladiator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• gladiator in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• gladiator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• gladiator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

gladiator m (definite singular gladiatoren, indefinite plural gladiatorer, definite plural gladiatorene)

1. gladiator

Derived terms

• gladiatorkamp

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

gladiator m (definite singular gladiatoren, indefinite plural gladiatorar, definite plural gladiatorane)

1. gladiator

Derived terms

• gladiatorkamp

Romanian

Etymology

From French gladiateur

Noun

gladiator m (plural gladiatori)

1. gladiator

Declension

Swedish

Noun

gladiator c

1. gladiator; entertainer who engaged in mortal combat

Declension

References