(n.) Originally, a swordplayer; hence, one who fought with weapons in public, either on the occasion of a funeral ceremony, or in the arena, for public amusement.
(n.) One who engages in any fierce combat or controversy.
Example Sentences:
(1) I found girls who had been pirates, gladiators, I wanted young girls to know they could do whatever was on their mind.” Toksvig, who will leave News Quiz in four weeks’ time, said her political work was now more important than her broadcasting.
(2) In summer there are weekly re-enactments of gladiator fights, and it is also used for plays, concerts and the September Outlook festival .
(3) Of his 13 films, four have been colossal box-office hits - Alien, Thelma & Louise, Hannibal, Gladiator - and one, Blade Runner , is now venerated as a classic.
(4) The fact that players play on through the pain barrier and are celebrated as modern-day gladiators is also ignorance and lack of education.
(5) Scott, the film-maker behind such classics as Blade Runner and Alien , has been nominated three times over the course of his career for Thelma and Louise , Gladiator and Black Hawk Down , but has yet to win a trophy.
(6) Beyond that the similarities end, since Macrinus did not fall out with the emperor's son nor become a gladiator but died a rich man, honoured by his massive mausoleum.
(7) Among the gladiators is charismatic up'n'comer Grado, star of a recent Vice documentary about the UK wrestling scene.
(8) He has been married twice, with two sons by his first marriage, and a daughter by his second, and has recently been going out with Gianina Facio, the Costa Rican actress who played Russell Crowe's wife in Gladiator.
(9) Murphy's law One of Stuart Murphy's first acts when he became Sky1's director of programmes last month was to axe two of the channel's highest profile and highest rating shows: the revamped Gladiators and Don't Forget the Lyrics, hosted by Shane Richie.
(10) They also reveal a lot of filthy gossip about prostitutes and gladiators but, seeing as that is not strictly relevant to the film, interested readers will just have to look it up for themselves.
(11) As he limped round the fringes of the pitch, he was afforded a gladiator's reception.
(12) Orthopaedic surgeons have long had an association with sport, although it is arguable whether Galen who was the first sports medicine doctor, appointed to the Pergamum Gladiators in 157 AD was a surgeon by todays definition.
(13) While this was the product of necessity, Calvo says he now likes this: “I think it makes people ride a bit more slowly and carefully.” These are no UK-style traffic-battling gladiators.
(14) Alien, Blade Runner, Thelma and Louise, Gladiator and Prometheus are just the highlights of Ridley Scott’s directorial career, which stretches back 37 years to The Duellists, released in 1977, and which is about to enter a new chapter with the biblical epic Exodus: Gods and Kings .
(15) The gladiators seem bored, and they need something to do that isn’t related to the White House or B613.
(16) Any appointment would mark something of a coup for director Zack Snyder and studio Warner Brothers, with Phoenix having largely eschewed mainstream roles in favour of arthouse and indie fare since his standout turn as usurper emperor Commodus in 2000's Gladiator.
(17) It wasn’t until Gladiator, in 2000, which fused glistening CGI (computer generated imagery) with old-fashioned Hollywood spectacle, that he found a successful path out of the woods.
(18) But as a number of subsequent apologies would suggest, the disses were a learning curve; Lorde spent the bulk of her early interviews being pushed into the gladiator ring with pretty much every other female pop star on the planet and asked to pass comment for the sake of a headline.
(19) Moore held one arm aloft in the familiar gladiator salute while Hurst was smothered with congratulations.
(20) Gladiator’s success triggered a latter-day predilection for classical and medieval-era epics – Robin Hood and crusades drama Kingdom of Heaven, as well as Gladiator – and Scott now has some claim to being the Cecil B DeMille of the digital era.
Professional
Definition:
(a.) Of or pertaining to a profession, or calling; conforming to the rules or standards of a profession; following a profession; as, professional knowledge; professional conduct.
(a.) Engaged in by professionals; as, a professional race; -- opposed to amateur.
(n.) A person who prosecutes anything professionally, or for a livelihood, and not in the character of an amateur; a professional worker.
Example Sentences:
(1) If there is a will to use primary Care centres for effective preventive action in the population as a whole, motivation of the professionals involved and organisational changes will be necessary so as not to perpetuate the law of inverse care.
(2) Parents believed they should try to normalize their child's experiences, that interactions with health care professionals required negotiation and assertiveness, and that they needed some support person(s) outside of the family.
(3) Implications for practice and research include need for support groups with nurses as facilitators, the importance of fostering hope, and need for education of health care professionals.
(4) Enough with Clintonism and its prideful air of professional-class virtue.
(5) Dilemmas of trust, confidentiality, and professional competence highlight the limits of professional ethical codes.
(6) With such protection, Dempster tended professionally to outlive those inside and outside the office who claimed that he was outdated.
(7) "Monasteries and convents face greater risks than other buildings in terms of fire safety," the article said, adding that many are built with flammable materials and located far away from professional fire brigades.
(8) Uninfected people's general rights to protection are considered, and health professionals' and authorities' rights and duties are given more detailed attention.
(9) He was often detained and occasionally beaten when he returned to Minsk for demonstrations, but “if he thought it was professional duty to uncover something, he did that no matter what threats were made,” Kalinkina said.
(10) Roger Madelin, the chief executive of the developers Argent, which consulted the prince's aides on the £2bn plan to regenerate 27 hectares (67 acres) of disused rail land at Kings Cross in London, said the prince now has a similar stature as a consultee as statutory bodies including English Heritage, the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment and professional bodies including Riba and the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors.
(11) An employee's career advancement, professional development, monetary remuneration and self-esteem often may depend upon the final outcome of the process.
(12) Many would argue that patient education has been used to serve the needs of the health care professional (through compliance) rather than empowering the patient.
(13) With their 43-8 win , the Seahawks did more than just produce one of the most dominant performances in Super Bowl history, they gave the city of Seattle its first major professional sports win in 35 years .
(14) "Medical professionals have perhaps been the least involved [of all sectors] in debates and discussions around abortion, and anti-choice groups have very effectively carried out a deliberate strategy of targeting and influencing health professionals.
(15) Our goal is to improve the fit between social science and health practice by increasing the relevance of social science findings for the delivery of care and the training of health care professionals.
(16) His dedication and professionalism is world class and he deserves all the recognition he has received to date.
(17) Notably, while the lead actors were all professionals, most of the cast members and musicians came from Providência itself.
(18) This demonstrates a considerable range in surgeons' attitudes to day surgery despite its formal endorsement by professional bodies, and identifies what are perceived as the organizational and clinical barriers to its wider introduction.
(19) The position that it is time for the nursing profession to develop programs leading to the N.D. degree, or professional doctorate, (for the college graduates) derives from consideration of the nature of nursing, the contributions that nurses can make to development of an exemplary health care system, and from the recognized need for nursing to emerge as a full-fledged profession.
(20) Transfer of nonprofessional tasks out of nursing and reduction of tension arising from reduced responsibility of nurses for coordinating activities with ancillary departments are possible explanations for the positive relation between the presence of SUM and professional nurses' satisfaction.