Haiduk

or Hey·duck, Hey·duke, Hey·duc

[ hahy-dook ]

noun
  1. one of a class of mercenary soldiers in 16th-century Hungary.

  2. an outlaw who engaged in brigandage and irregular warfare against the Turks in the Slavic regions of the Ottoman Empire.

  1. a male servant or attendant dressed in semimilitary Hungarian costume.

Origin of Haiduk

1
<Hungarian hajdúk, plural of hajdú
  • Also Hei·duc, Hei·duk .

Words Nearby Haiduk

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024

How to use Haiduk in a sentence

  • The young Lord, the Haiduk, the master of the hounds, and the fool were entertaining themselves playing ball.

  • Nothing; for the Haiduk, whose duty it was to sleep on the threshold, had been taken away to join the watch on Viola.

    The Village Notary | Jzsef Etvs
  • He will have Skinner before him, a Haiduk in the rear, and me at the table; we'll show you sport, my boy!

    The Village Notary | Jzsef Etvs

British Dictionary definitions for Haiduk

Haiduk

Heyduck or Heiduc

/ (ˈhaɪdʊk) /


noun
  1. a rural brigand in the European part of the Ottoman Empire

Origin of Haiduk

1
C17: from Hungarian hajdúk brigands

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012