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hetman

[ het-muhn ]
/ ˈhɛt mən /
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noun, plural het·mans.
the title assumed by the chief of Ukrainian Cossacks of the Dnieper River region, with headquarters at Zaporozhe.
ataman.
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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)

Words nearby hetman

heterozygosis, heterozygote, heterozygous, heth, He that is not with me is against me, hetman, hetmanate, hettie, Hetty, het up, HEU
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commandant, commander, co, general, old man, sirdar

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British Dictionary definitions for hetman

hetman
/ (ˈhɛtmən) /
noun plural -mans
another word for ataman

Word Origin for hetman

C18: from Polish, from German Hauptmann headman
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