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)

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)

Word History and Origins

Origin of palikar¹

C19: from Modern Greek palikari youth

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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