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noun 
  1. A heavily-armed infantry soldier of Ancient Greece.
Translations: 
  • Spanish: hoplita
Etymology: From Ancient Greek (polytonic, á) "heavily armed foot-soldier", from (polytonic, á) "arms, armor, weapon". Compare Latin hoplomachus "gladiator".


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