Swordsman vs Gladiator - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between swordsman and gladiator

is that swordsman is a person skilled at using swords in sport or combat; a fencer while gladiator is gladiator.

(swordsmen)

A person skilled at using swords in sport or combat; a fencer.

He is a remarkable swordsman .

A person who fights with a sword.

Archers attempted to take down an unknown swordsman .

(informal) A man who is a skillful or enthusiastic practitioner of sexual intercourse.

* 2008 , Mark Kirby, " Lordy, Lordy, This Woman is 40," GQ , Dec. 16 (retrieved 21 Dec. 2008),

Jennifer Aniston is in control . . . and getting what she needs from a notorious swordsman eight years her junior.

* (person who wields a sword) swordfighter, swordster * (skillful or enthusiastic practitioner of sexual intercourse) womanizer

* (person who wields a sword) swordstress, swordswoman

(wikipedia gladiator)

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(en noun)

(in ancient Rome) A person (professional or slave) who entertained the public by engaging in mortal combat with another, or with a wild animal.

(label) A male gladiator (where a female gladiator is a gladiatrix).

(label) A disputant in a public controversy or debate.

A professional boxer.

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