Klepht Definition

kleft
noun
A member of the Greek patriot bands who held out after the Turkish conquest of Greece in the 15th cent.
Webster's New World
A brigand.
Webster's New World

(historical) An anti-Ottoman insurgent living in the mountains when Greece was a part of the Ottoman Empire.

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Other Word Forms of Klepht

Noun

Singular:
klepht
Plural:
klephts

Origin of Klepht

  • Ancient Greek

    From Wiktionary

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