Meaning Of The Word Klepht
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Klepht Meaning
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What's The Definition Of Klepht?
klepht in American English
a member of the Greek patriot bands who held out after the Turkish conquest of Greece in the 15th cent. noun: a Greek or Albanian brigand, exalted in the war of Greek independence as a patriotic robber; guerrilla klepht in British English noun: any of the Greeks who fled to the mountains after the 15th-century Turkish conquest of Greece and whose descendants survived as brigands into the 19th century |
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