evzone
/ˈɛvzəʊn/
evzone noun: a member of the Greek presidential guard.
Noun
evzone (plural evzones or evzonoi or evzoni)
- A member of the Greek presidential guard.
- An infantryman of a select corps of the Greek army.
- The soldiers seen at various stations belong to the corps of the Greek army that proved itself most effective in the recent war, the Evzonoi.1905, Burton Holmes, The Wonders of Thessaly: The Burton Holmes Lectures: The Olympian Games in Athens; Grecian Journeys; The Wonders of Thessaly, page 242
- The best-paid Greek soldiers are the Evzonoi, their pay amounting to 12 lepta a day extra (that is to say, to 27 lepta net).1913, Percy Falcke Martin, Greece of the Twentieth Century, page 98
Examples of evzone in a sentence
- All this time little bands of rounded-up Evzones and men of the other regiment of the garrison were being brought in, together with news of the French losses.1918, George Ward Price, The Story of the Salonica Army, page 227:
- That's an evzone on our cover this month — and an evzone, as you probably know, is a Greek soldier of a certain kind.1953 April, “Our Cover”, in The Rotarian, page 4:
- The Evzones not only halted the invasion, but drove the Italians out of Greece and, by the onset of winter, occupied the southern quarter of Albania.2010, Richard H. Kraemer, The Secret War in the Balkans: A WWII Memoir, page 107:
Forms of evzone
| plural | evzones |
|---|---|
| plural | evzonoi |
| plural | evzoni |
Origin of evzone
From Greek εύζωνος (évzonos), from Ancient Greek εὔζωνος (eúzōnos, “girt for battle”), from εὖ (eû, “well”) + ζώνη (zṓnē, “girdle”).
Questions about evzone
- What does evzone mean?
- Evzone means a member of the Greek presidential guard.
- How do you use evzone in a sentence?
- All this time little bands of rounded-up Evzones and men of the other regiment of the garrison were being brought in, together with news of the French losses.
- What part of speech is evzone?
- Evzone is a noun.
- How do you pronounce evzone?
- Evzone is pronounced /ˈɛvzəʊn/.
- What is the plural of evzone?
- The plural of evzone is evzones.
Words near evzone in the dictionary
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