Doryphoros \Do*ryph"o*ros\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, lit., spear
bearing; ? a spear + fe`rein to bear.] (Fine Arts)
A spear bearer; a statue of a man holding a spear or in the
attitude of a spear bearer. Several important sculptures of
this subject existed in antiquity, copies of which remain to
us.
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