rare. In 7 -ot. [ad. Gr. στρατιώτης, f. στρατιά army.] A soldier (in ancient Greece; also used by Harrington with reference to his imaginary commonwealth).
1656. Harrington, Oceana, Wks. (1700), 174. The Constable who is to officiat at the Urn, shall, after the manner of the Elders, elect every fifth Man of their whole number … to be a Stratiot or Deputy of the Youth.
1873. Burton, Hist. Scot., I. iii. 115. The lighter equipped stratiote of Greece.
