† gladiatorianadj.
Obsolete.
a. = gladiatorial adj.
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1710 Ld. Shaftesbury Soliloquy 113 The Gladiatorian, and other sanguinary Sports, which we allow our People, sufficiently discover what our National Taste is.
1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron I. v. xii. 287 Their insolent treatment of Captives..their bloody Gladiatorian Spectacles.
b. Resembling a gladiator.
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1648 A. Ross Mystagogvs Poeticvs (ed. 2) vi. 124 And such gladiatorian women..have shaken off all modestie.
1711 Ld. Shaftesbury Characteristicks III. Misc. i. ii. 12 A kind of Amphitheatrical Entertainment exhibited to the Multitude, by these Gladiatorean Pen-men.
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