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Plural of gladiator

regular plural

The plural of gladiator is gladiators.

Forms of gladiator

Singulargladiator /ˈɡlædiˌeɪ̯tə/
Pluralgladiators
Countablecountable

Gladiators in a sentence

  • My mother prepared herself for the evening with the same somber deliberateness of the gladiators in Spartacus.2002, Dirk Wittenborn, Fierce People
  • Gladiators were combatants who fought to the death to entertain the public.From the entry combatant
  • The two gladiators fought to the death.From the entry to the death
  • These shoeless gladiators "shoot the works" or as they themselves term it "go for broke" in each game.1931 September 19, "Loui", “Want a Lot of Action? See Barefoot Games”, in Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Honolulu, HI, page 11. From the entry go for broke
  • So LaDonna Anderson picked up the trainer’s satchel (gad, it was heavy) and went out to attend wounded gladiators and gladiatresses (in season).1978 June 4, Gary Johansen, “Her Job Started as a Fluke”, in Sunday World-Herald Magazine of the Midlands, Omaha, Neb., page 22. From the entry gladiatress

Meaning of gladiator

  1. noun A person (professional or slave) who entertained the public by engaging in mortal combat with another, or with a wild animal.
  2. noun A disputant in a public controversy or debate.
  3. noun A professional boxer.

Full definition of gladiator

Questions about the plural of gladiator

What is the plural of gladiator?
The plural of gladiator is gladiators.
Is gladiator countable?
Gladiator is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gladiator (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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