palikar

[ pal-i-kahr ]
/ ˈpæl ɪˌkɑr /

noun

a Greek militiaman in the Greek war for independence against the Turks 1821–28.
Also pellekar.

Origin of palikar

1805–15; < Modern Greek palikári lad, youth, variant of Late Greek pallēkárion camp boy (Greek pallēk-, stem of pállēx a youth + -arion diminutive suffix)

Words nearby palikar

paley, palfrey, palgrave, pali, pali canon, palikar, palikinesia, palikir, palila, palilalia, palilogy

Example sentences from the Web for palikar

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

    The King of the Mountains |Edmond About

British Dictionary definitions for palikar

palikar
/ (ˈpælɪˌkɑː) /

noun

a Greek soldier in the war of independence against Turkey (1821–28)

Word Origin for palikar

C19: from Modern Greek palikari youth