miles gloriosus

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   a braggart soldier (a stock figure in comedy)

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Questions about miles gloriosus

What does miles gloriosus mean?

miles gloriosus means "a braggart soldier (a stock figure in comedy)".

Is miles gloriosus a common word?

miles gloriosus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.