Arnaout
Arnaout is the alternative form of Arnaut.
Meaning of Arnaut
Noun
Arnaut (plural Arnauts)
- An inhabitant of Albania and neighboring mountainous regions, especially an Albanian serving in the Turkish army.
- I know him by his jet-black barb, / Though now array'd in Arnaut garb, [...]1813, Lord Byron, The Giaour, a Fragment of a Turkish Tale, London: […] T[homas] Davison, […], for John Murray, […], →OCLC, page 18
- A Greek, Albanian, Bulgarian or Serbian soldier, recruited to serve as body-guard to officials in the 18th-19th c. Wallachia and Moldavia. Greek militia units formed in Crimea, 1769.
- Included under the generic name of Arnauts, it was recruited from Roumeliote Greeks, Albanians, Bulgarians, and Servians, who acted as body-guards to the princes, the great functionaries, and eve the simple Boyards [in Danubian Principalities, early 19th c.]1844, Thomas Gordon, History of the Greek Revolution, 2nd edition, volume 1, page 1
Forms of Arnaout
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Questions about Arnaout
- What is Arnaout the alternative form of?
- Arnaout is the alternative form of Arnaut.
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