ataman
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of ataman
1825–35; < Russian atamán, Old Russian vatamanŭ, probably alteration of a Turkic word with the personal suffix -man; identity of initial element disputed
Example Sentences
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The other, Anton Tatarchuk, ataman of the Chigirin kuren, was a man about forty years old, tall, with a wild expression of face and oblique Tartar eyes.
From With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
All the Cossacks obey him more than koshevoi and ataman.
From With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
He had been ataman in the Saitch; he had led regiments in Wallachia; in Germany he had enlisted volunteers in the Thirty Years' War, and had won a certain fame as a leader of cavalry.
From The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
He was a man of great beauty and extraordinary strength, thanks to which he had the rank of kuren ataman.
From With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
"The Grand Hetman has sent our ataman to the prince to ask for assistance; so he has gone to Lubni, and he has commanded us to go along through the villages to catch deserters."
From With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
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