hetman
Americannoun
plural
hetmans-
the title assumed by the chief of Ukrainian Cossacks of the Dnieper River region, with headquarters at Zaporozhe.
noun
Etymology
Origin of hetman
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 )
Example Sentences
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The book began with Mandelstam's first arrest in 1934 for a poem that described the dictator as a tribal hetman savoring each death like a raspberry.
From Time Magazine Archive
At table's head sat Grandson Bernard, president of Gimbel Brothers, Inc. and present family hetman.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the following year the new hetman made a treaty at Gadyach with the Commonwealth, and in conjunction with a Polish army defeated Prince Trubetskoi in a battle at Konotop.
From Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
Is Pan Gideon the Castellan of Cracow, or grand hetman?
From On the Field of Glory An Historical Novel of the Time of King John Sobieski by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
God grant that we shall not give up to those bread-skinners, who know only how to intrigue at petty diets, and accuse the hetman of treason to the king.
From Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
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