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Roumeliote|ruːˈmiːlɪəʊt|
Also Rum-, -iot.
[ad. mod.Gr. Ῥουµελιότης: see def. and -ote.]
A native of Roumelia, or that part of the Balkan peninsula lying immediately to the north of the Morea and ægean. Also attrib. or as adj.
Normally used of the area corresponding to Aetolia and Acarnania. Cf. Roumelian a. (n.)
1835N. P. Willis Pencillings II. xxii. 248 At the Adrianople gate, we found a large troop of horsemen..who had accompanied a Roumeliote chief from the mountains. 1838Penny Cycl. XI. 432/2 The Moreotes have not in general the frank boldness of the Roumeliotes. Ibid. 434/2 Dissensions between the Roumeliote chiefs. 1845S. Austin Ranke's Hist. Ref. 217 The Rumeliotes and Bosniaks. 1886Times 5 Apr. 5/1 Instinctively the Roumeliots prefer to blame Turkey rather than Russia. 1939A. Toynbee Study of Hist. VI. 331 The Rumeliot Greek Armatole and Klephtic ballads. 1964A. A. Pallis Greek Miscellany 144 He took the side of the Roumeliots against the party of the primates of the Morea. Ibid., His hero was that greatest of Roumeliot captains, George Karaiskakis. 1969C. M. Woodhouse Philhellenes iv. 118 The same feelings were expressed by an old Rumeliot whom James Emerson met. 1973― Capodistria xv. 347 Two Roumeliote kapetánioi, Grivas and Stratos, were bombarding each other..to settle a private feud. Ibid. xvi. 382 The Roumeliotes..were eager for action. |