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gladiation

gladiation noun: combat between gladiators.

Noun

gladiation (uncountable)

  1. combat between gladiators

Origin of gladiation

Back-formation from gladiator.

Questions about gladiation

What does gladiation mean?
Gladiation means combat between gladiators.
What part of speech is gladiation?
Gladiation is a noun.

Words near gladiation in the dictionary

  1. gladial
  2. gladiate
  3. gladiated
  4. gladiates
  5. gladiating
  6. gladiation
  7. gladiator
  8. gladiatored
  9. gladiatorial
  10. gladiatorialism
  11. gladiatorially

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