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phalangite|ˈfælændʒaɪt| [ad. L. phalangīta or -ītes, a. Gr. ϕαλαγγίτης, f. ϕάλαγξ phalanx: see -ite.] A soldier belonging to a phalanx.
[1600Holland Livy xxxvii. cxl. 967 Hee had of Macedonians sixteene thousand footemen, heavily armed after their manner, called Phalangitæ.] 1839Thirlwall Greece xlviii. VI. 147 The phalangite soldier wore the usual defensive armour of the Greek heavy infantry. 1856Grote Greece ii. xcii. XII. 77 The phalangites were drawn up in files generally of sixteen deep, each called a Lochus. |