palikar

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(pal′i kär′)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
pal•i•kar  (pal′i kär′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Military, World Historya Greek militiaman in the Greek war for independence against the Turks 1821–28.
Also, pellekar. 
  • Modern Greek palikári lad, youth, variant of Late Greek pallēkárion camp boy (Greek pallēk-, stem of pállēx a youth + -arion diminutive suffix)
  • 1805–15

'palikar' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
pellekar

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