andarte

English

Alternative forms

• andartis

Etymology

From Greek αντάρτης (antártis).

Noun

andarte (plural andartes)

1. A Greek guerrilla fighter, especially as part of the Resistance during the Second World War.
   • 1975, Henry Maule, Scobie, Hero of Greece, page 18:

     Myers now learned of the proximity of another andarte leader, known as Aris Veloukhiotis, but Aris did not even answer the messages Myers sent him […] .

   • 1994, Louis de Bernières, Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Minerva, published 1995, page 351:

     ‘Many of the andartes on the mainland are women,’ said Corelli, ‘and many of the partisans in Yugoslavia.’

   • 1995, David H Close, The Origins of the Greek Civil War, Routledge, published 2013, page 74:

     Thus andarte-controlled territory or ‘free Greece’ became divided from German- or Italian-controlled territory, which steadily dwindled from the second half of 1942, and by mid-1943 was reduced to the plains.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anˈdaɾte/ [ãn̪ˈd̪aɾ.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -aɾte
• Syllabification: an‧dar‧te

Verb

andarte

1. infinitive of andar combined with te