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单词 hypaspist
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hypaspist /hi'pæspist/

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n. (古希腊马其顿特种步兵中)持盾的士兵
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hypaspist n. (古希腊马其顿特种步兵中)持盾的士兵
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A hypaspist (Greek:Ὑπασπιστής "shield bearer" or "shield covered") is a squire, man at arms, or "shield carrier". In Homer, Deiphobos advances "ὑπασπίδια" or under cover of his shield. By the time of Herodotus (426 BC), the word had come to mean a high status soldier as is strongly suggested by Herodotus in one of the earliest known uses:

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