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Meaning of miles | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR B1

[ˈmiː.ɫɛs]

Definitions

A soldier.
declension-3
A knight.
Medieval-Latin, declension-3
A man in boardgames such as ludus latrunculi and chess.
declension-3

Equivalents

English knight soldier

Examples

“mīles gregārius”

a private (lit., a "common soldier")

CEFR level

B1

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

See also

miles gregarius Milete Mileti Mileto Miletorum Miletos

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