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palikar

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pal⋅i⋅kar

  [pal-i-kahr]
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–noun
a Greek militiaman in the Greek war for independence against the Turks 1821–28.
Also, pellekar.

Origin:
1805–15; < ModGk palikári lad, youth, var. of LGk pallēkárion camp boy (Gk pallēk-, s. of pállēx a youth + -arion dim. suffix)
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