Ballist
/ˈbalɪst/(also Balliste) Now historical
noun
A member of Balli Kombëtar, an Albanian nationalist and republican movement active during the Second World War (1939–45).
- The movement was formed in May 1939 to oppose the Italian Fascist occupation of Albania. In Oct. 1942 it was relaunched as a fully-organized resistance movement in opposition to the communist-led Lëvizja Nacionalçlirimtare (National Liberation Movement), by which it was ultimately defeated in 1943–4..
adjective
Of, relating to, or supporting Balli Kombëtar.
Origin
1940s. From Albanian ballist from Balli (in Balli Kombëtar National Front; from balli, definite form of ballë front, forehead (perhaps from the same Indo-European base as Old Prussian ballo forehead) + kombëtar national (from komb nation, knot (from Byzantine Greek κόμβος knot; of uncertain origin) + -tar, suffix forming adjectives from nouns)) + -ist.