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- noun historical
Greek guerrilla fighters during the Greek War of Independence.
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Greek Αρματολοί
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They had cleared the Turkish camp, and were expecting to meet the bands of Greek armatoli, who had promised to fall upon the enemy's rear, when, instead of friends, they encountered troop after troop of
A History of Modern Europe, 1792-1878 Charles Alan Fyffe 1868
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