gladiatrix en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From Latin gladiātrīx (“gladiator (female)”). By surface analysis, gladiator + -trix.
Meanings
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(rare) gladiator (female)
While most gladiatrices fought privately, enough fought publicly so that finally combats were "forbidden in which women fought in companies with each other, or women with dwarfs" (de Beaumont, 1929: 54).
1976, Elise Boulding, The underside of history: a view of women through time:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| gladiatrices | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| gladiatrixes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Translations (15)
sv gladiatrix (gladiator (female)) · da gladiatrix (gladiator (female)) · de Gladiatorin (gladiator (female)) · eo gladiatorino (gladiator (female)) · la gladiātrīx (gladiator (female)) · pt gladiadora (gladiator (female)) · es gladiadora (gladiator (female)) · fr gladiateure (gladiator (female)) · pl gladiatorka (gladiator (female)) · io gladiatorino (gladiator (female)) · bg гладиаторка (gladiator (female)) · nb gladiatrix (gladiator (female)) · fr gladiatrice (gladiator (female)) · it gladiatrice (gladiator (female)) · nn gladiatrix (gladiator (female))