milesgloriosus

mi·les glo·ri·o·sus (mēʹlās glôr'ē-ōʹsəs, glōr'-) n. pl. mi·li·tes glo·ri·o·si (mēʹlĭ-tās glôr'ē-ōʹsē, glōr'-)

A bragging and often cowardly soldier, especially as a stock character in comedy.

  [Latin mīles glōriōsus, after Mīles Glōriōsus, a comedy by Plautus.]

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