phalangite (English, noun)
expansion: phalangite (plural phalangites)
Senses:
glosses: A soldier belonging to a phalanx.
tags: historical
glosses: Specifically, a pikeman fighting in a Macedonian phalanx, armed with a two-handed pike and using a smaller shield than the hoplite's aspis.
tags: historical
Forms:
form: phalangites
tags: plural