ataman
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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
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"And it seems to me, father, that the ataman is going from Kamenyets to Yampol."
From With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
Eliasenko, present at the duel, rushed to the body of the ataman.
From With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
"Bear the ataman to the rooms!" cried Zagloba, who creeping out of some corner or another appeared unexpectedly at Bogun's side.
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
But how insignificant appeared little Pan Michael before the large and powerful ataman!
From With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
“That means state recognition, it means training for our cadets,” Cherkashin explained to his Cossack commanders, who are known as atamans.
From Time ● Mar. 12, 2014
Therefore, when they heard the orders of Hmelnitski, the atamans went at once to their kurens.
From With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
Besides, in the distant steppes Latin did not flourish as a rule, and such princes as the Kurtsevichi did not know it any better than Bogun and other atamans.
From With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
Then the chiefs, or atamans, when speaking to their subordinates always took their caps off.
From The Mantle and Other Stories by Gogol, Nikolai Vasilievich
Prom that moment the common council ceased, the rule of atamans and the preponderance of the Brotherhood were at an end.
From With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
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