Heyduck

or Hey·duke, Hey·duc

[hahy-doo k]

noun

Haiduk.

Haiduk

or Hey·duck, Hey·duke, Hey·duc

[hahy-doo k]

noun

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

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

a male servant or attendant dressed in semimilitary Hungarian costume.

Also Hei·duc, Hei·duk.

Origin of Haiduk

< Hungarian hajdúk, plural of hajdú

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Examples from the Web for heyduck

Historical Examples of heyduck

She came driving thither in a carriage and four and with a heyduck in attendance.
Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales
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British Dictionary definitions for heyduck

Heyduck

noun

a variant spelling of Haiduk

Haiduk

Heyduck or Heiduc

noun

a rural brigand in the European part of the Ottoman Empire

Word Origin for Haiduk

C17: from Hungarian hajdúk brigands

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