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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

To see these shoddy-looking persons among a crowd of splendid young men in Palikar dress, with the erect carriage and kingly mien which that very tight costume produces, is like seeing a miserable street cur among a pack of fox-hounds.

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.

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

Each Palikar his sabre from him cast.

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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