evzoni

Noun

evzone (plural evzones or evzonoi or evzoni)

1. A member of the Greek presidential guard.
2. 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