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klefts

klefts is the plural of kleft.

Meaning of kleft

Noun

kleft (plural klefts)

  1. (historical) A type of brigand operating in the mountains of pre-Revolutionary Greece.
    • True, the klefts often mulcted the villages, but at least they were Greeks, and they reduced considerably the marauding activities of the Albanians who in the second half of the eighteenth century were expanding westwards.1972, Douglas Dakin, The Unification of Greece, 1770-1923, page 18

Questions about klefts

What is klefts the plural of?
Klefts is the plural of kleft.

Words near klefts in the dictionary

  1. kleestengel
  2. Kleffner
  3. Kleffners
  4. kleft
  5. kleftiko
  6. klefts
  7. Kleier
  8. Kleiers
  9. Kleiman
  10. Kleimans
  11. Klein

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