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Arnauts

Arnauts is the plural of Arnaut.

Meaning of Arnaut

Noun

Arnaut (plural Arnauts)

  1. (historical) 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
  2. (historical) 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

Questions about Arnauts

What is Arnauts the plural of?
Arnauts is the plural of Arnaut.

Words near Arnauts in the dictionary

  1. Arnaout
  2. Arnaouts
  3. arnatta
  4. arnatto
  5. Arnaut
  6. Arnauts
  7. Arnav
  8. Arncliffe
  9. Arncott
  10. Arndell Park
  11. Arndt

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