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palikar

pal·i·kar
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [pal-i-kahr]
    • /ˈpæl ɪˌkɑr/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [pal-i-kahr]
    • /ˈpæl ɪˌkɑr/

Definitions of palikar word

  • noun palikar a Greek militiaman in the Greek war for independence against the Turks 1821–28. 1
  • noun palikar a Greek soldier in the war of independence against Turkey (1821–28) 0

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Origin of palikar

First appearance:

before 1805
One of the 41% newest English words
1805-15; < Modern Greek palikári lad, youth, variant of Late Greek pallēkárion camp boy (Greek pallēk-, stem of pállēx a youth + -arion diminutive suffix)

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Parts of speech for Palikar

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

palikar popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 63% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

palikar usage trend in Literature

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