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palikar
[ pal-i-kahr ]
noun
- a Greek militiaman in the Greek war for independence against the Turks 1821–28.
palikar
/ ˈpælɪˌkɑː /
noun
- a Greek soldier in the war of independence against Turkey (1821–28)
Word History and Origins
Origin of palikar1
Word History and Origins
Origin of palikar1
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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