hetman
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hetmans
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the title assumed by the chief of Ukrainian Cossacks of the Dnieper River region, with headquarters at Zaporozhe.
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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; see head, man)
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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
They will trust me now still more, all of them, the hetman himself, Bogush, Myslishevski, the command here,—all!
From Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. by Henryk Sienkiewicz
"And the hetman himself made that Mellehovich a captain!" said Pan Mushalski.
From Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. by Henryk Sienkiewicz
Two years later, Yuri, the helpless hetman, left his office and took refuge in a cloister.
From Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. by Henryk Sienkiewicz
The under-treasurer, Pan Gosyevski, the full hetman, is ever quarrelling with the prince; and as the hetmans do not agree, affairs do not move in harmony.
From The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. by Henryk Sienkiewicz
He beat the hetmans and the king and the Commonwealth; and besides that, he was hetman of the Cossacks.
From Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. by Henryk Sienkiewicz
I know the two hetmans of the kingdom, and Sapyeha of Lithuania.
From The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. by Henryk Sienkiewicz
The only trouble in the kingdom is that all the troops are occupied with the hetmans in the Ukraine.
From The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. by Henryk Sienkiewicz
The King of Sweden sent letters also to the hetmans, the magnates, and the nobles, full of graciousness, promises, and encouragement to preserve loyalty to him.
From The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. by Henryk Sienkiewicz
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