Haiduk

Also Hei·duc,
Or Hey·duck,

[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.

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

Haiduk

/ ˈhaɪdʊk /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Haiduk¹

< Hungarian hajdúk, plural of hajdú

Word History and Origins

Origin of Haiduk¹

C17: from Hungarian hajdúk brigands

Example Sentences

Haiduk, who is 29, had helped the wounded at Azovstal and, in his interrogation, he was accused of amputating and castrating Russians in captivity, he told me.

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Denys Haiduk, a military surgeon, said guards forced him and the other captives to run with their heads down while under blows during their "reception", with detainees being hit even after they were on the ground, unable to stand up.

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Haiduk was pushed to the floor, and given electric shocks with a stun weapon until, he said, the battery ran out.

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Taganrog is also used as a transfer point and, to his surprise, Haiduk was only held there for two days, before his release in a prisoner exchange.

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Haiduk struggled to breathe, he recalled, and fell into the mattress he was holding.

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