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MILES GLORIOSUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does miles gloriosus mean?
• MILES GLORIOSUS (noun)
The noun MILES GLORIOSUS has 1 sense:
1. a braggart soldier (a stock figure in comedy)
Familiarity information: MILES GLORIOSUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A braggart soldier (a stock figure in comedy)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("miles gloriosus" is a kind of...):
egoist; egotist; swellhead (a conceited and self-centered person)
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