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gladiatorship|ˈglædɪeɪtəʃɪp|
[f. as prec. + -ship.]
The occupation of a gladiator; display of gladiatorial skill. Also fig.
1830Croly George IV, 378 They saw nothing in the most gallant successes, but a waste of national blood..a vulgar gladiatorship. 1849Tait's Mag. XVI. 788 There was no contention of mind with mind..no brilliant gladiatorship. 1883Contemp. Rev. Nov. 707 Browning seems positively to revel, as though for the mere mental gladiatorship..in these labyrinthine convolutions of juggling sophistry. |