hetman

[ het-muhn ]

noun

, plural het·mans.

1. the title assumed by the chief of Ukrainian Cossacks of the Dnieper River region, with headquarters at Zaporozhe.
2. ataman.

hetman

/ ˈhɛtmən /

noun

1. See ataman
   another word for ataman

Word History and Origins

Origin of hetman¹

1700–10; < Ukrainian hét'man < Polish hetman < an eastern dial. form of Middle High German houbetman leader, chief ( German Hauptmann captain; compare German dial. (Silesia) Hettmann, Hötmann; head, man )

Word History and Origins

Origin of hetman¹

C18: from Polish, from German Hauptmann headman

Example Sentences

Next to them in the right centre the 11th Division was to push for the trenches at Hetman Chair.

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Suppose the hetman had left his warriors near by, and that they should grow suspicious and come to investigate his long absence?

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The hetman and many Lituanian pans were taken prisoners, and there was joy in the bulb-topped city.

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He was confident that the gigantic task could be accomplished, and sent daily instructions to the hetman.

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In 1610 he was deposed, made a monk, and finally carried off as a trophy by the Polish grand hetman, Stanislaus Zolkiewski.

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