klepht
/klɛft
/noun
1A Greek independence fighter, especially one who fought the Turks in the 15th century or during the war of independence (1821-8).
2 historical A Greek brigand or bandit.
Origin
From modern Greek klephtēs, from Greek kleptēs 'thief'. The original klephts led an outlaw existence in the mountains; those who maintained this after the war of independence became bandits.
Rhymes
- procrastination is the thief of time
- procrastinative
- procrastinator
- procrastinatory
- procreant
- procreate
- procreation
- procreative
- procreator
- procreatory
- procreatress
- procreatrix
- Procrustean
- Procrustean bed
- Procrusteanism
- Procrusteanize
- Procrustes
- procrypsis
- procryptic
- proctalgia
- proctectomy
- proctitis
- proctocele
- proctocolectomy
- proctocolitis