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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A soldier belonging to a phalanx. historical
2. 2
   Specifically, a pikeman fighting in a Macedonian phalanx, armed with a two-handed pike and using a smaller shield than the hoplite's aspis. historical

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek φαλαγγίτης (phalangítēs), equivalent to phalanx + -ite.

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