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- noun A native or inhabitant of
Corfu .
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Examples
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His name was Spiridon, he was a charismatic Corfiote, and his exuberance was inexhaustible.
Captain Corelli's Mandolin De Bernieres, Louis 2003
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Corfiote count, with a Venetian education and a career in the Russian diplomatic service, and no one could have been more fantastically unsuitable for the task of reconstructing the country to which he was called.
The Balkans A History of Bulgaria—Serbia—Greece—Rumania—Turkey Nevill Forbes 1906
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She was the daughter of the bandmaster of a regiment which had been quartered there -- a Corfiote by birth, and a fine musician -- who met his future wife during her trip thither with her father the captain,
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I will of course see Stevens free of expense out of the transaction; -- by the way, the Greek of a Corfiote has thought proper to draw a bill, and get it discounted at 24 dollars: if I had been there, it should have been _protested_ also.
Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 6 (of 6) With His Letters and Journals Thomas Moore 1815
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"My father's mother was a Corfiote, he himself a Venetian, and my mother was a Parisian.
The Idler Magazine, Volume III, June 1893 An Illustrated Monthly Various
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I will of course see Stevens free of expense out of the transaction; ” by the way, the Greek of a Corfiote has thought proper to draw a bill, and get it discounted at 24 dollars: if I had been there, it should have been protested also.
Life of Lord Byron Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852 1854
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