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- noun Plural form of
Arnaut .
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They are also known as Arnauts and call themselves in their own language skipetar, "mountaineers" (see ALBANIA).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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The Albanians (more of an ethnographic than a geographic term) are called Arnauts (Arnaoots, Arnaouts) by the other peoples of the
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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( "Arnauts" was the Tsarevich's favorite expression when he was in a rage) and called for the company commander.
War and Peace Leo Tolstoy 1869
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The “Maskharah” (whence our “mask”) corresponds with the fool or jester of mediæval Europe: amongst the Arnauts he is called
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He was preparing to leave his Seraglio in the night of the 1st of August, accompanied by about eight-hundred chosen horsemen, with his treasure loaded upon seventy mules, when his Arnauts, who were to have been left behind, fell upon the loaded mules, part of which had already nearly gained the town-gates, forced open the money chests and pillaged the whole.
Travels in Nubia 2004
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At Jeddah the Arnauts have amused themselves with firing at the English
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003
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“Bring the sweet” (i.e. fire), “and take the full,” 19 (i.e., empty cup), euphuistically cry the long-moustached, fierce-browed Arnauts to the coffee-house keeper, who stands by them charmed by the rhyming repartee that flows so readily from their lips.
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003
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The Nizam, or Regulars, had not been paid for seven months, and the Arnauts could scarcely sum up what was owing to them.
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003
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With a pleasant smile Berg related how the Grand Duke had ridden up to him in a violent passion, shouting: “Arnauts!”
War and Peace 2003
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Had he been armed, and in Al-Hijaz, we should have fought it out at once, for the Arnauts are
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003
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