palikar

[ pal-i-kahr ]

/ ˈpæl ɪˌkɑr /

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noun

a Greek militiaman in the Greek war for independence against the Turks 1821–28.

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Also pellekar.

Origin of palikar

1805–15; <Modern Greek palikári lad, youth, variant of Late Greek pallēkárion camp boy (Greek pallēk-, stem of pállēx a youth + -arion diminutive suffix)

Words nearby palikar

Paley, palfrey, Palgrave, pali, Pali Canon, palikar, Palikir, palila, palilalia, palilogy, palimony

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How to use palikar in a sentence

It was a steamer of the German-Lloyd which the Palikar had robbed on land, at eleven o'clock in the morning.
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Mrs. Simons was very reluctant, but her daughter resolutely held out her hand to the old Palikar.
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You know that my friends had waited for a long time for occasion to chastise the old Palikar.
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British Dictionary definitions for palikar

palikar

/ (ˈpælɪˌkɑː) /

noun

a Greek soldier in the war of independence against Turkey (1821–28)

Word Origin for palikar

C19: from Modern Greek palikari youth

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