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Heyduck

or Hey·duke, Hey·duc

[hahy-doo k]
noun
  1. Haiduk.
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Haiduk

or Hey·duck, Hey·duke, Hey·duc

[hahy-doo k]
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.
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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

  • 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
  1. a variant spelling of Haiduk
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Haiduk

Heyduck or Heiduc

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

C17: from Hungarian hajdúk brigands
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