Retiarius

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Retiarius \Re`ti*a"ri*us\, n. [L., fr. rete a net.] (Rom.Antiq.)
     A gladiator armed with a net for entangling his adversary and
     a trident for despatching him.
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