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comitadji

UK/kɒmɪˈtadʒi/US/kɑmɪˈtæd͡ʒi/

comitadji noun: a member of a unit of irregular soldiers or resistance fighters; a partisan.

Noun

comitadji (plural comitadjis)

  1. (historical) A member of a unit of irregular soldiers or resistance fighters; a partisan.
    • For a summer he worked as a comitadji in Macedonia, and later joined the Serbian Army during the Balkan wars.1942, Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon, Canongate, published 2006, page 808
    • He was a former comitadji who had been involved in fomenting unrest in Bosnia after the annexation of 1908 and was even rumoured to have commanded guerrilla bands.2012, Christopher Clark, The Sleepwalkers, Penguin, published 2013, page 61

Forms of comitadji

pluralcomitadjis
alternative formcomitaji
alternative formkomitadji
alternative formkomitaji

Origin of comitadji

From various Balkan languages, all from Ottoman Turkish قومیتهجی (komitacı), from Ottoman Turkish قومیته (komita) from French comité (“committee”) + ـجی (-cı).

Questions about comitadji

What does comitadji mean?
Comitadji means a member of a unit of irregular soldiers or resistance fighters; a partisan.
What part of speech is comitadji?
Comitadji is a noun.
How do you pronounce comitadji?
Comitadji is pronounced /kɒmɪˈtadʒi/ (UK).
What is the plural of comitadji?
The plural of comitadji is comitadjis.

Words near comitadji in the dictionary

  1. Comiskey
  2. Comiskeys
  3. comisserate
  4. comission
  5. comissural
  6. comitadji
  7. comitadjis
  8. comitaji
  9. comitajis
  10. comital
  11. comitant

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