KLEPHT


Meaning of KLEPHT in English

noun

or clepht ˈkleft

( -s )

Usage: often capitalized

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

: a Greek belonging to one of several independent armed sometimes brigandish communities formed after the Turkish conquest of Greece

• kleph·tic -tik adjective , usually capitalized

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