Usually means: Gladiator with net and trident.
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  3. retiarius: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. retiarius: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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  9. Retiarius: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Retiarius: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. retiarius: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  12. Retiarius: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. RETIARIUS: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  14. retiarius: FreeDictionary.org
  15. retiarius: TheFreeDictionary.com
  16. Retiarius: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)

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▸ noun:  (Ancient Rome, gladiatorial combat) A gladiator who uses a casting net (a rete or iaculum) as a weapon.

Similar:
retiary, langret, reticello, retic, reticle, Reticulum, rack-renter, ruttier, reiter, reticule, more...

Opposite:
secutor, myrmillo

Adjectives:
roman, ancient, famous, dexterous, agile, baffled, fallen

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Similar:
retiary, langret, reticello, retic, reticle, Reticulum, rack-renter, ruttier, reiter, reticule, more...

Opposite:
secutor, myrmillo

Adjectives:
roman, ancient, famous, dexterous, agile, baffled, fallen



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