evzone

[ ev-zohn ]

noun
  1. a member of an elite infantry corps in the Greek army.

Origin of evzone

1
1895–1900; <Modern Greek eúzōnos,Greek: well girt (i.e., well equipped). See eu-, zone

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How to use evzone in a sentence

  • This was succeeded by a more ambitiously designed stamp (Fig. 333) showing an evzone or light infantryman in the act of firing.

    The Postage Stamp in War | Fred. J. Melville

British Dictionary definitions for evzone

evzone

/ (ˈɛvzəʊn) /


noun
  1. a soldier in an elite Greek infantry regiment

Origin of evzone

1
C19: from Modern Greek, from Greek euzōnos literally: well-girt, from eu- + zōne girdle

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