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  • noun Plural form of komitadji.

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Examples

  • Musical Glasses, away from Macedonia and Albania and "komitadjis" and Kotzo-Vlachs, the Serbian remarked with a laugh that the nice national balance of which he was speaking was not political, but economic and social.

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  • Serbian Government was reported to be committing unwarrantable acts, giving as an example that Commandant Martinović had had six million dinars placed at his disposal in order to recruit komitadjis and that he had himself promised 2500 dinars to each of his men if they succeeded in entering Scutari.

    The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 Henry Baerlein 1917

  • Together with Lieut. Lek Marashi he organized komitadjis in Shala and elsewhere, his purpose being to liberate his country from the Italians.

    The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 Henry Baerlein 1917

  • He clearly admires those who, since the end of the War, have risen in the cause of their old King; and I suppose that in consequence he disapproves of the Omladina, the voluntary association of men who banded themselves together to resist the terrorism of the pro-King komitadjis.

    The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 Henry Baerlein 1917

  • They referred with pleasure to the presence of sundry Bulgarian komitadjis in Albania, Finzi declared that the Italian

    The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 Henry Baerlein 1917

  • I daresay that the little ragged Slav children of Kievo whom she saw clustering round the kindly Italian officer were glad enough to eat his chocolates, [57] but I think that we others should pay more attention to those secret societies, the _četasis_ (which is Slav for komitadjis), who have sworn to liberate all Istria from the Italians.

    The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 Henry Baerlein 1917

  • But in spite of several questions asked in the House of Commons, Cretan and Greek komitadjis continued to land at Santa Quaranta, the Greek Government persistently denying all knowledge.

    Twenty Years Of Balkan Tangle 1903

  • In the Near East a committee is a revolutionary committee, and consists of armed komitadjis.

    Twenty Years Of Balkan Tangle 1903

  • Some came via Cattaro, others overland to Andrijevitza, for the Vassojevitch tribe, together with the Bratonitchitch and the Drobnjaci, were deeply dipped in the plot, and in touch with the propaganda worked by Serb komitadjis in the district between Serbia and Montenegro.

    Twenty Years Of Balkan Tangle 1903

  • Serbia now was on very friendly terms with the Greeks and helping them to kill Bulgar komitadjis in Macedonia.

    Twenty Years Of Balkan Tangle 1903

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