'Doryphoros' definitions:

Definition of 'Doryphoros'

From: GCIDE

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. [1913 Webster]