Meanings
plural gladiatrixes · plural gladiatrices
- raregladiator (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 timeSynonyms: gladiatress
Synonyms & antonyms
noungladiator (female)
Origin
- Latingladiātrīx“gladiator (female)”
- Englishgladiatrix
From Latin gladiātrīx (“gladiator (female)”). By surface analysis, gladiator + -trix.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian гладиаторка
- гладиаторка (gladiatorka)gladiator (female)
Danish gladiatrix
- gladiatrixgladiator (female)
Esperanto gladiatorino
- gladiatorinogladiator (female)
French gladiatrice, gladiateure
- gladiatricegladiator (female)
- gladiateuregladiator (female)
German Gladiatorin
- Gladiatoringladiator (female)
Italian gladiatrice
- gladiatricegladiator (female)
Latin gladiātrīx
- gladiātrīxgladiator (female)
Norwegian Bokmål gladiatrix
- gladiatrixgladiator (female)
Polish gladiatorka
- gladiatorkagladiator (female)
Portuguese gladiadora
- gladiadoragladiator (female)
Spanish gladiadora
- gladiadoragladiator (female)
Swedish gladiatrix
- gladiatrixgladiator (female)
Cite this entry
gladiatrix. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gladiatrix
“gladiatrix.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gladiatrix. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gladiatrix,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gladiatrix.
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