palikar

American  

[pal-i-kahr] / ˈpæl ɪˌkɑr /

noun

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

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palikar British  

/ ˈpælɪˌkɑː /

noun

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

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Etymology

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)

Example Sentences

Palikár—"strong youth," a name given to themselves by the Klephts, freebooters of Thessaly.

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With a long gun over his shoulder, a palikár walks hither and thither, who has built his hut in a lurking-place where Ali Pasha will not find it.

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Each Palikar his sabre from him cast.

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The Palikar still struts about in all his old bravery; and the bourgeois humbly imitates the dingy garb of Southern Italy.

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The Palikar element also is notably absent; and the soldiers are in uniform, not in half-uniform and half-brigand attire.

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