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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary:

Re·ti·a·ri·us

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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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[fr. L. rete, a net]  a Roman gladiator armed with a net for entangling his adversary (and a trident for dispatching him)

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