Usually means: Net-wielding gladiator in ancient Rome.
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General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. retiary: Merriam-Webster
  2. retiary: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. retiary: Collins English Dictionary
  4. retiary: Wordnik
  5. retiary: Wiktionary
  6. retiary: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. retiary: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. Retiary, retiary: Dictionary.com
  9. Retiary: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Retiary: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. retiary: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  12. Retiary: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. retiary: FreeDictionary.org
  14. retiary: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  15. retiary: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. retiary: Legal dictionary
  2. retiary: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. retiary: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. retiary: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. retiary: Wordcraft Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (retiary)

adjective:  net-like
adjective:  (archaic) Constructing or using a web, or net, to catch prey; said of certain spiders.
adjective:  Armed with a net; hence, skilful at entangling.
noun:  (zoology) Any spider that spins webs to catch its prey.
noun:  (historical) A retiarius: a gladiator who fought with a net.

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