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  • noun An inhabitant or a resident of ancient or modern Epirus, in northwest Greece and southern Albania.

Etymologies

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From Ancient Greek ἠπειρώτης, from ἤπειρος ("mainland, inland country").

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Examples

  • When I first met Epirot I immediately felt very welcomed -- it's just his personality.

    Ramon Nuez: Discussing Croudsource Marketing with Epirot Ludvik Nekaj -- CEO of Ludvik + Partners Ramon Nuez 2011

  • Alcimus the Epirot, the best soldier and strongest man of all his captains, the only one who used to wear armor to the weight of two talents, one talent being the weight which others thought sufficient.

    The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003

  • Ptolemy, with a mighty navy, invaded Greece; Lysimachus entered Macedonia upon the side of Thrace, and Pyrrhus, from the Epirot border, both of them spoiling and wasting the country.

    The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003

  • QUINTUS CAECILIUS, an Epirot by descent, but born at Tusculum, was

    De vita Caesarum Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus

  • ’Gainst Brennus and the Epirot prince, 11 and hosts

    Paradise. Canto VI 1909

  • For the Epirot boy the school is the door to the future.

    The Balkans A History of Bulgaria—Serbia—Greece—Rumania—Turkey Nevill Forbes 1906

  • M. Fulvius had now brought his army up to Apollonia and was consulting the Epirot leaders as to where he should open the campaign.

    The History of Rome, Vol. V 1905

  • Their first intention was to march thither with all their forces and raise the siege, but when they found that a great part of the city was already invested and that the Epirot camp was fixed on the level ground the other side the river, they divided their forces.

    The History of Rome, Vol. V 1905

  • Nicander intended to make a night attack with the rest of the troops upon the Epirot camp, as the Romans would find it difficult to come to their assistance with the river between them.

    The History of Rome, Vol. V 1905

  • Archidamus and the Epirot refugees were for his staying there, but the Macedonian leaders gave it as their opinion that he ought not to fight against the inclemency of the season, with no reserve of supplies, for the besiegers would suffer from the effects of scarcity sooner than the besieged.

    The History of Rome, Vol. VI 1905

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