Ziska

[ German tsis-kah ]

noun

1. Jo·hann [yoh, -hahn]. Žižka, Jan.

Ziska

/ ˈʒiʃka; ˈzɪskə /

noun

1. ZiskaJan?13701424MBohemianMILITARY: soldierPOLITICS: Hussite leader Jan (jan). ?1370–1424, Bohemian soldier, who successfully led the Hussite rebellion (1420–24) against emperor Sigismund

Example Sentences

His own half-formulated doubts shouldered to the fore, which was doubly unpleasant after he'd been considering Ellen Ziska.

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Nor did he forget to read the lives of men like Scanderbeg and Ziska, who could teach him many unusual lessons.

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The Tabor of Bohemia is still more celebrated by the resistance which the imperial armies encountered from Ziska.

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The skin of Ziska, the Bohemian reformer, was made into a "medicine drum" by his followers.

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Nicolas of Hussinez, Huss's former lord, and Ziska's seconder in this outbreak, was banished from the city by the king.

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