pallikarn.

Brit.

/ˈpalɪkɑː/, U.S.

/ˈpɑlɪˌkɑr/

Forms: 1800s palikar, 1800s pallecar, 1800s– pallikar, 1900s– pallikari. Also with capital initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek παληκάρι.

Etymology: < modern Greek παληκάρι, παλληκάρι lad, man with youthful characteristics, brave person (Hellenistic Greek παλληκάριον (recorded in a papyrus as παλλικάριον); < παλληκ-, πάλληξ (also πάλλαξ) youth, of uncertain origin + -άριον, diminutive suffix). Compare Albanian palikar. Compare French palicare (1829), palikare (1832; now also pallicare, pallikare).

Now chiefly historical.

In the Balkans: a member of a militia or armed guard; spec. an armed follower of a Greek or Albanian military chief, esp. during the Greek war of independence (1821–32).

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warrior > armed retainer > [noun] > other

heyduck1615

hatamoto1727

pallikar1812

pandoura1847

1812 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Cantos I & II ii. lxx. 96 The native revels of the troop began; each Palikar his sabre from him cast.

1854 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 76 417 The third prominent feature in the social condition of the Greek population is the existence of a military caste called Palikars.

1869 H. F. Tozer Res. Highlands of Turkey II. 9 We had met five-and-twenty Palikars (guards) returning from an expedition in search of a band of Clefts.

1900 C. Eliot Turkey in Europe vii. 303 The young Pallikars, who had previously become the Sultan's soldier slaves, now grew up in their own homes.

1953 X. Fielding Stronghold ii. i. 105 Each bearded pallikari..glared angrily from his frame as though emerging from an ocean of ectoplasm.

1984 Times Lit. Suppl. 6 Apr. 373/2 People in this country thus continue to..get starry eyed about its [sc. the Balkans'] pallikars and partisans.

Derivatives

† palikarism n. Obsolete rare the systematic use of palikars.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military organization > [noun] > types of organization

volunteerism1844

palikarism1854

territorialism1872

reservery1878

pivotalism1919

squadrism1926

1854 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 76 418 Otho [was] re-established in absolute power by the assistance of palikarism and municipal corruption.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pallikar
释义	pallikarn. Brit. /ˈpalɪkɑː/, U.S. /ˈpɑlɪˌkɑr/ Forms: 1800s palikar, 1800s pallecar, 1800s– pallikar, 1900s– pallikari. Also with capital initial. Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek παληκάρι. Etymology: < modern Greek παληκάρι, παλληκάρι lad, man with youthful characteristics, brave person (Hellenistic Greek παλληκάριον (recorded in a papyrus as παλλικάριον); < παλληκ-, πάλληξ (also πάλλαξ) youth, of uncertain origin + -άριον, diminutive suffix). Compare Albanian palikar. Compare French palicare (1829), palikare (1832; now also pallicare, pallikare). Now chiefly historical. In the Balkans: a member of a militia or armed guard; spec. an armed follower of a Greek or Albanian military chief, esp. during the Greek war of independence (1821–32). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > armed retainer > [noun] > other heyduck1615 hatamoto1727 pallikar1812 pandoura1847 1812 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Cantos I & II ii. lxx. 96 The native revels of the troop began; each Palikar his sabre from him cast. 1854 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 76 417 The third prominent feature in the social condition of the Greek population is the existence of a military caste called Palikars. 1869 H. F. Tozer Res. Highlands of Turkey II. 9 We had met five-and-twenty Palikars (guards) returning from an expedition in search of a band of Clefts. 1900 C. Eliot Turkey in Europe vii. 303 The young Pallikars, who had previously become the Sultan's soldier slaves, now grew up in their own homes. 1953 X. Fielding Stronghold ii. i. 105 Each bearded pallikari..glared angrily from his frame as though emerging from an ocean of ectoplasm. 1984 Times Lit. Suppl. 6 Apr. 373/2 People in this country thus continue to..get starry eyed about its [sc. the Balkans'] pallikars and partisans. Derivatives † palikarism n. Obsolete rare the systematic use of palikars. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > [noun] > types of organization volunteerism1844 palikarism1854 territorialism1872 reservery1878 pivotalism1919 squadrism1926 1854 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 76 418 Otho [was] re-established in absolute power by the assistance of palikarism and municipal corruption. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1812
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