KLEPHT


Meaning of KLEPHT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkleft ]

noun

Usage: often capitalized

Etymology: New Greek klephtēs, literally, robber, from Greek kleptēs, from kleptein

Date: 1820

: a Greek belonging to any of several independent guerrilla communities formed after the Turkish conquest of Greece

• kleph·tic ˈklef-tik adjective , often capitalized

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.