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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)
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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.
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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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