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klepht definition

klepht (kleft)

noun

  1. a member of the Greek patriot bands who held out after the Turkish conquest of Greece in the 15th cent.
  2. a brigand

Etymology: ModGr klephtēs, robber < Gr kleptēs: see kleptomania

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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