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- noun Plural form of
klepht .
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Examples
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My descent is from the original land of the klephts, Arcadia, so I will have to prefer my own family's traditional know-how where this specific dish is concerned.
Recipe for Salmon "Kleftiko" (Σολομός Κλέφτικος) and Kleftiko: Its Modern Meaning Laurie Constantino 2008
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As a matter of fact the armatole were rather the allies than the enemies of the klephts.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various
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The only approach to an attempt to maintain order was the permission given to part of the population to carry arms in order to repress the klephts.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various
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And while their wives poured out the strong resinous wine for whispering conspirators, their sons were out on the hills, klephts and armatoloi keeping up the hopeless war for Greece.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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The traditional clan and village chiefs of the mainland were suspicious of the merchants and successful ship - owners of the islands, and the klephts, or bandit leaders, of the mountains-combining bravery, ferocity, treachery and avarice in roughly equal parts-were cordially hated by all.
American Chronicle 2008
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The traditional clan and village chiefs of the mainland were suspicious of the merchants and successful ship - owners of the islands, and the klephts, or bandit leaders, of the mountains-combining bravery, ferocity, treachery and avarice in roughly equal parts-were cordially hated by all.
American Chronicle 2008
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Hence springs the reflection that the Greeks had cause to repent their early predilection for the klephts, who were almost all, beginning with Kolokotrones, infamous for the sordid perversity of their dispositions. "[
The Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald, G.C.B., Admiral of the Red, Rear-Admiral of the Fleet, Etc., Etc. Vol. I Thomas Barnes Cochrane Dundonald 1873
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Hence springs the reflection that the Greeks had cause to repent their early predilection for the klephts, who were almost all, beginning with Kolokotrones, infamous for the sordid perversity of their dispositions.” [
The Life of Thomas Lord Cochrane Cochrane, Thomas 1869
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