phalangite

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Meaning

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

Similar words

macedonian phalange phalanx phalangist phallos phigaleian phigalean pharo phylon phalansterianism