gladiature

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noun

swordplay; gladiatorial contest

OriginLatin gladiatura →
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Meanings

noungladiature (plural gladiatures)

plural gladiatures

  1. swordplay; gladiatorial contest

    Nay in their amphitheatricall gladiatures, the lives of captives lay at the mercy of the Vulgar

    1654, Edmund Gayton, Pleasant Notes upon Don Quixote

Origin

  1. Latingladiatura
  2. Englishgladiature

From Latin gladiatura.

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APA

gladiature. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gladiature

MLA

“gladiature.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gladiature. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gladiature,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gladiature.

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