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† gladiaˈtorian, a. Obs.
[f. as prec. + -an.]
a. = prec.b. Resembling a gladiator.
1647A. Ross Myst. Poet. vi. (1675) 126 And such gladiatorian women..have shaken off all modesty. 1710Shaftesbury Adv. Author ii. §3. 113 The Gladiatorian, and other sanguinary Sports which we allow our People, sufficiently discover what our National Taste is. 1711― Charac. Misc. i. ii. III. 12 A kind of Amphitheatrical Entertainment exhibited to the Multitude, by these Gladiatorean Pen-men. 1732Berkeley Alciphr. I. 181 Their insolent treatment of Captives..their Bloody Gladiatorian Spectacles. |