Usually means: Ancient Greek heavily armed infantry.
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  1. hoplite: Merriam-Webster
  2. hoplite: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hoplite: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. hoplite: Collins English Dictionary
  5. hoplite: Wordnik
  6. hoplite: Wiktionary
  7. hoplite: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. hoplite: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. hoplite: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Hoplite, hoplite: Dictionary.com
  11. hoplite: Online Etymology Dictionary
  12. Hoplite (video game), Hoplite: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Hoplite: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. hoplite: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. Hoplite: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. hoplite: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  17. hoplite: FreeDictionary.org
  18. hoplite: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  19. hoplite: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. hoplite: Global Glossary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (hoplite)

▸ noun:  (historical) A heavily-armed infantry soldier of Ancient Greece, wielding a one-handed spear and an aspis.

Similar:
hypaspist, hoplon, hippeus, hipparch, helepole, xiphos, helot, hoplologist, helm, hopologist, more...

Opposite:
non-hoplite, civilian, unarmored

Types:
Spartan, Athenian, Theban, Corinthian, Argive, Boeotian, Elean, Megarian, more...

Phrases:
spartan hoplite, more...

Adjectives:
greek, spartan, athenian, armed, heavy, ordinary, grecian, simple, individual, armored, macedonian
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Similar:
hypaspist, hoplon, hippeus, hipparch, helepole, xiphos, helot, hoplologist, helm, hopologist, more...

Opposite:
non-hoplite, civilian, unarmored

Types:
Spartan, Athenian, Theban, Corinthian, Argive, Boeotian, Elean, Megarian, more...

Phrases:
spartan hoplite, more...

Adjectives:
greek, spartan, athenian, armed, heavy, ordinary, grecian, simple, individual, armored, macedonian



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