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gladiatory

gladiatory adjective: gladiatorial.

Adjective

gladiatory (comparative more gladiatory, superlative most gladiatory)

  1. (archaic) gladiatorial

Forms of gladiatory

comparativemore gladiatory
superlativemost gladiatory

Origin of gladiatory

Borrowed from Latin gladiatorius.

Words formed from gladiatory

Questions about gladiatory

What does gladiatory mean?
Gladiatory means gladiatorial.
What part of speech is gladiatory?
Gladiatory is an adjective.

Words near gladiatory in the dictionary

  1. gladiatorism
  2. gladiatorlike
  3. gladiators
  4. gladiatorship
  5. gladiatorships
  6. gladiatory
  7. gladiatour
  8. gladiatours
  9. gladiatress
  10. gladiatresses
  11. gladiatrices

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