hoplite


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
hoplite /ˈhɒplʌɪt/
noun a heavily armed foot soldier of ancient Greece.
– origin from Gk hoplitēs, from hoplon ‘weapon’.
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