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- noun An inhabitant (or descendant) of
Epirus
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Examples
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I learnt from Dr. Totirtoulis and others the following facts about the so-called "Epirote" government of Zographos.
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His talk of Epirote guards that would skin their own grandmothers was all billy-o.
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Some Epirote shepherds ran upon the left squadron of the Clinabarians, and whirling their staves, seized the horses by the man; the animals threw their riders and fled across the plain.
Salammbo 2003
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Of these Pyrrhic cattle, by the way, they say that there are only about four hundred in the world, that they are the private property of the Epirote royal family, that they cannot thrive out of Epirus, and that people elsewhere have tried to rear them, but without success.
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However, never forget that Greek and Epirote priests are canny, Lucius Licinius.
The Grass Crown McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1991
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His real name was Arridaios; he is here given a rather similar Epirote name to distinguish him from Philip Arridaios.
Funeral Games Renault, Mary, 1905-1983 1981
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The western rise which the Epirote army commanded was higher than the Macedonian position.
Funeral Games Renault, Mary, 1905-1983 1981
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Epirote Provisional Government, and now Deputy for Attica, who, amid profound attention and great enthusiasm, recounted the enormous sacrifices of blood and treasure by the Epirotes for their freedom, and declared that the liberation of Epirus must this time be final.
The New York Times Current History, A Monthly Magazine The European War, March 1915 Various
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His talk of Epirote guards that would skin their own grandmothers was all billy-o.
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His talk of Epirote guards that would skin their own grandmothers was all billy-o.
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