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peltast Gr. Hist.|ˈpɛltæst|
[ad. L. peltasta, ad. Gr. πελταστής, f. πέλτη: see pelta.]
A kind of foot-soldier: see quot. 1849.
[1600Holland Livy xxxi. xxxvi. 794 Certaine targatiers, whom they call Peltastæ.] 1623Bingham Xenophon 67 In the meane time Cherisophus..sent the Peltasts, and Slingers, and Archers ouer to Xenophon. 1838Thirlwall Greece V. 269 It was with no more than 1000 Phocian peltasts. 1849Grote Greece ii. xlix. VI. 258 Peltasts, a species of troops between heavy-armed and light-armed, furnished with a pelta (or light shield) and short spear or javelin. |