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- Latin · derived frommīles“soldier”
- English todaymiles gloriosus
Borrowed from Latin mīles (“soldier”) + glōriōsus (“glorious”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
miles gloriosus
Today it means: A standard character in ancient comedy and in modern comedy depicting ancient military figures: the bravado-filled, self-important, swaggering soldier. Full definition →
Latin mīles