doryphoros

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A spear-bearing soldier (nowadays, a statue of a man holding a spear, or appearing to do so).

Word forms

doryphoros doryphoroi

Etymology

From Latin doryphoros, from Ancient Greek [Term?], literally "spear-bearing".

Related words

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