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lanista

lanista noun: the trainer or manager of a team of gladiators.

Noun

lanista (plural lanistas or lanisti)

  1. (historical) The trainer or manager of a team of gladiators.

Forms of lanista

plurallanistas
plurallanisti

Origin of lanista

Borrowed from Latin lanista.

Questions about lanista

What does lanista mean?
Lanista means the trainer or manager of a team of gladiators.
What part of speech is lanista?
Lanista is a noun.
What is the plural of lanista?
The plural of lanista is lanistas.

Words near lanista in the dictionary

  1. laninamivir
  2. Laning
  3. Lanings
  4. laniol
  5. laniquidar
  6. lanista
  7. lanistas
  8. lanisti
  9. lanital
  10. Lanitza
  11. Lanius

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