[klɛft], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a Greek independence fighter, especially one who fought the Turks in the 15th century or during the war of independence (1821–8)

- a Greek brigand or bandit


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Origin:
from modern Greek klephtēs, from Greek kleptēs ‘thief’. The original klephts led an outlaw existence in the mountains; those who maintained this after the war of independence became bandits