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doryphoros

doryphoros noun: a spear-bearing soldier (nowadays, a statue of a man holding a spear, or appearing to do so).

doryphoros: a spear-bearing soldier (nowadays, a statue of a man holding a spear, or appearing to do so)
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Noun

doryphoros (plural doryphoroi)

  1. (historical) A spear-bearing soldier (nowadays, a statue of a man holding a spear, or appearing to do so).

Forms of doryphoros

pluraldoryphoroi

Origin of doryphoros

From Latin doryphoros, from Ancient Greek [Term?], literally "spear-bearing".

Questions about doryphoros

What does doryphoros mean?
Doryphoros means a spear-bearing soldier (nowadays, a statue of a man holding a spear, or appearing to do so).
What part of speech is doryphoros?
Doryphoros is a noun.
What is the plural of doryphoros?
The plural of doryphoros is doryphoroi.

Words near doryphoros in the dictionary

  1. doryman
  2. dorymen
  3. doryphore
  4. doryphores
  5. doryphoroi
  6. doryphoros
  7. Dorys
  8. dorzolamide
  9. doré bar
  10. doré bars
  11. doré bullion

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