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Suliote, n. (and a.)|ˈs(j)uːlɪəʊt|
Also Souliot(e), Suliot.
[ad. Gr. σουλιώτης: see -ote.]
An inhabitant of the Suli mountains in Epirus, of mixed Greek and Albanian origin. Also attrib. or as adj.
1812Byron Ch. Har. ii. lxxii, Oh! who is more brave than a dark Suliote? 1827F. G. Halleck Alnwick Castle & Other Poems 10 Bozzaris ranged his Suliote band. 1832T. Gordon Hist. Greek Revol. I. i. i. 76 The Souliotes, the flower of Albanian warriors, were driven from Epirus. 1852G. F. Bowen Mount Athos, Thesaly, & Epirus viii. 214 The Suliote hamlet of Kiafa. 1897W. A. Phillips War of Greek Independence vii. 127 Marko Botzares, the Suliot hero. 1900‘Odysseus’ Turkey in Europe ix. 404 The Suliots have somehow acquired in popular estimation the reputation of being Greeks. As a matter of fact they were a tribe of Christian Albanians. 1910Encycl. Brit. XI. 494/2 On the night of the 21st of August [1823] occurred the celebrated exploit of Marko Botzaris and his Suliotes: a successful surprise attack on the camp of the Ottoman vanguard, in which the Suliote leader fell. 1914D. J. Cassavetti Hellas & Balkan Wars xv. 188 Old people would shake their heads sadly and ask if these empty-headed dolls could possibly belong to the same country as the grand Souliot women. 1952C. M. Woodhouse Greek War of Independence i. 13 Parts of Crete remained..independent of all foreign rule. So to some extent did Souli, a wild precipitous district above the River Akheron in Epirus (Southern Albania): but the Souliotes were not strictly Greeks. 1973D. Dakin Greek Struggle for Independence i. 31 The wily Souliots, hoping to find out what Ali was really up to, sent a token force only. Ibid., Back in Souli, Tzavellas and the chief of Souliot chiefs, Georgios Botsaris, decided to defy Ali. |