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单词 andartes
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andartesn.

Brit. /anˈdɑːteɪz/, /ənˈdɑːteɪz/, U.S. /ænˈdɑrdeɪz/, /ənˈdɑrdeɪz/
Inflections: Plural andartes, andarts, andartai.
Forms:

α. 1800s– andarte, 1800s– antart, 1900s– andart, 1900s– antarte.

β. 1900s– andartes, 1900s– andartis, 1900s– antartes, 1900s– antartis.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek αντάρτης.
Etymology: < modern Greek αντάρτης rebel, guerrilla (pronounced /anˈdartis/; plural αντάρτες , †ἀντάρται ; in Byzantine Greek as ἀντάρτης (plural ἀντάρται )) < ancient Greek ἀνταίρειν to rebel against ( < ἀντι- anti- prefix + αἴρειν to raise, lift up: see aorta n.) + -της, suffix forming agent nouns. Compare post-classical Latin antartes (in undated glossaries).The α. forms show omission of the final -s, apparently reinterpreted as the English plural ending.
Now historical.
A Greek irregular, guerrilla, or resistance fighter, esp. one fighting against the occupation forces during the Axis occupation of Greece (1941–4) in the Second World War (1939–45).
ΚΠ
1832 T. Gordon Hist. Greek Revol. II. iv. i. 97 The Antarts could not long hold out at Tripolizza, because they were short of ammunition.
1897 Daily News 1 June 3/2 All along [the road] were streaming groups of Andartes and small bodies of soldiers.
1915 F. W. Hasluck Let. 8 Mar. (1926) 4 They say that when the Greeks got in the andarts ran amuck & biffed the bombs.
1947 J. Mulgan Rep. on Exper. vi. 81 The andartes told stories and cursed the weather. Few of them had boots or proper clothes.
1957 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 562/1 To counteract the Bulgarian activities and also to bring about a war with Turkey, a newly formed Ethniki Hetairia was sending guerrilla bands of andartai into Macedonia.
1987 A. Price New kind of War i. 11 It was a Spandau that fired just now..that's an andarte weapon.
2012 D. Gluckstein People's Hist. Second World War iii. 44 Its commander affirmed that he could have doubled the 50,000 andartes deployed if properly equipped.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2022).
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