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Definition of Klepht
1. Noun. (historical) An anti-Ottoman insurgent living in the mountains when Greece was a part of the Ottoman Empire. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Klepht
1. a Greek guerrilla [n -S] : KLEPHTIC [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Klepht
Literary usage of Klepht
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. New Folklore Researches: Greek Folk Poesy by Lucy Mary Jane Garnett (1896)
"One cries that it is gold he sees, another says 'tis silver; One little klepht
has caught a glimpse, he knows what 'tis full rightly, ' That is no gold that ..."
2. Greek Folk-songs from the Turkish Provinces of Greece, Hē Doulē Hellas by Lucy Mary Jane Garnett, John S. Stuart-Glennie (1885)
"Awaken, O my partridge-eyed ! Awake, and with me hasten ! And I will kiss the
olive brown that on thy cheek's imprinted ! THE DEATH OF THE klepht. ..."
3. Catalogue of the Illinois State Library by Illinois State Library, James Alexander Rose (1903)
"... klepht and the warrior: sixty Edmonds, (Mrs.) 12°. NY 1892. Konow, Sten and
Fischer, Karl, ed. Norway. years of peril and daring ..."
4. The Gentleman's Magazine (1897)
"1 one of them said ; " look at the little klepht! ... And he—he to call me a
little klepht! But they would not listen when I told them of ..."
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