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Bozzaris

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[boh-zar-is, -zahr-] / boʊˈzær ɪs, -ˈzɑr- /

noun

  1. Marco 1788?–1823, Greek patriot.


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Halleck, Fitz-Greene, his "Marco Bozzaris," 22; frequent visitor at the Astor mansion, 77; his remarks on Margaret Fuller's English, 146.

From Reminiscences, 1819-1899 by Julia Ward Howe

To D. Appleton & Company for "The Planting of the Apple-Tree" and "Robert of Lincoln," from the complete works of William Cullen Bryant; also for "Marco Bozzaris," from the works of Fitz-Greene Halleck.

From Poems Every Child Should Know The What-Every-Child-Should-Know-Library by Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth) Burt

A notable episode of the war was the gallant defense of Missolonghi by Markos Bozzaris.

From The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 3 May 1906 by Various

No one of his poems is better known than "Marco Bozzaris."

From McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader by William Holmes McGuffey

The boy in the centre with the colored glasses is Marco Bozzaris Cobb, who discovered and first brought into use the idea of putting New Orleans molasses into Boston brown bread.

From Comic History of the United States by F. Opper

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