peltast
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of peltast
C17: from Latin peltasta, from Greek peltastēs soldier equipped with a pelta, a small leather shield
Example Sentences
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The critic is no hero: he is at best but a skipping peltast, engaged as often as not in inglorious flight.
From Essays by Benson, Arthur Christopher
Though his men were forming on the hill, Cleon fled as fast as he could on the approach of the enemy, but was pursued and slain by a Thracian peltast.
From A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest by Smith, William, Sir
"No, nor yet a peltast"; but he had been ordered by his messmates to drive a mule, although he was a free man.
From Anabasis by Dakyns, Henry Graham
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