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Penest Greek Hist.|pɪˈnɛst|
[ad. Gr. πενέστης.]
A Thessalian serf; a bondsman; a labourer.
1835Thirlwall Greece I. x. 437 The vast estates of these nobles were cultivated..by their serfs, the Penests. 1846Grote Greece ii. iii. (1862) II. 60 The Free Agora could not be trodden by any Penest. |