Greek

Noun

ακρίτης • ‎(akrítis) m ‎(plural ακρίτες)

1. frontiersman; a person who lives in the border regions
2. in Byzantium, a soldier who guarded and defended the borders of the Byzantine Empire
3. a soldier who guarded the borders of Greece

Declension

Related terms

• άκρο n ‎(ákro, “edge, border”)