📖 Definitions of "Evzones"
noun
- 1
A member of the Greek presidential guard.
- 2
An infantryman of a select corps of the Greek army.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Evzones"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| peltastnoun | (historical) A type of light infantry unit in Ancient Greece who often served as skirmishers. |
| molossians | a group of ancient Greek tribes which inhabited the region of Epirus in classical antiquity. |
| prodromosnoun | (historical) a skirmisher cavalry unit used in an Ancient Greek army for scouting ahead of the main force |
| thorakitai | The thorakitai (: θωρακίτης, thorakites) were a type of soldier in Hellenistic armies similar to the thureophoroi. |
| hoplitenoun | (historical) A heavily-armed infantry soldier of Ancient Greece, wielding a one-handed spear and an aspis. |
| herulinoun | (historical) An early Germanic people, mentioned by ancient Roman authors as one of several "Scythian" groups raiding Roman provinces in the Balkans and the Aegean Sea, attacking by land and sea. |
| russian guards | Guards or Guards units (gvardeyskiye chasti) were elite military units of Imperial Russia prior to 1917–18. |
| pezhetairos | The pezhetairoi (Greek: , singular: pezhetairos) were the backbone of the Macedonian army and Diadochi kingdoms. |
| cimbrinoun | (historical) An ancient tribe that invaded southern Europe between 113 and 101 BCE, generally thought to have been Germanic (though they could have been Celtic) and associated with Jutland and northern Germany. |
| mamelukes of the imperial guard | a cavalry unit that served in Napoleon I’s Imperial Guard during the Napoleonic Wars. |
| papal zouaves | an infantry battalion, later regiment, dedicated to defending the Papal States. |
| bosnian-herzegovinian infantry | The Bosnian-Herzegovinian Infantry, commonly called the Bosniaken (German for Bosnians), were a branch of the Austro-Hungarian Army. |
| sacred band of carthage | the name used by ancient Greek historians to refer to an elite infantry unit of Carthaginian citizens that served in military campaigns during the fourth century BC. |
| moranoun | (phonology) A unit of syllable weight used in phonology, by which stress, foot structure, or timing of utterance is determined in some languages (e.g. Japanese). |
| sich riflemen | The Sich Riflemen Halych-Bukovyna Kurin was one of the first regular military units of the Ukrainian People's Army. |
| equites cataphractarii | Equites cataphractarii, or simply cataphractarii, were the most heavily armoured type of Roman cavalry in the Imperial Roman army and Late Roman army. |
| polish hussars | The Polish hussars, alternatively known as the winged hussars, were a heavy cavalry formation active in Poland and in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1503 to 1702. |
| ancient macedonian army | The Kingdom of Macedon possessed one of the greatest armies in the ancient world. |
| excubitors | The (or , , i.e. 'sentinels'; transcribed into Greek as , ) founded in as an imperial guard-unit by the Byzantine emperor |
| landsknechtnoun | (historical) Alternative form of lansquenet. [(countable, historical) Any of a class of German mercenaries of the 15th and 16th centuries, most of whom were pikemen and foot soldiers.] |
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