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palikar

[ pal-i-kahr ]

noun

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


palikar

/ ˈpælɪˌkɑː /

noun

  1. a Greek soldier in the war of independence against Turkey (1821–28)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of palikar1

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

Origin of palikar1

C19: from Modern Greek palikari youth
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Example Sentences

It was a steamer of the German-Lloyd which the Palikar had robbed on land, at eleven o'clock in the morning.

Mrs. Simons was very reluctant, but her daughter resolutely held out her hand to the old Palikar.

You know that my friends had waited for a long time for occasion to chastise the old Palikar.

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