ataman
Americannoun
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atamans
plural
noun
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of ataman
1825–35; < Russian atamán, Old Russian vatamanŭ, probably alteration of a Turkic word with the personal suffix -man; identity of initial element disputed
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And our ataman does not fear even the werewolf.
From With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. by Henryk Sienkiewicz
Gladki, the ataman of the Mirgorod kuren, first cried, "To destruction!"
From With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. by Henryk Sienkiewicz
The koshevoi ataman is concentrating the Cossacks from all the meadows, streams, and islands.
From With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. by Henryk Sienkiewicz
Oh, you will catch it from the ataman!
From With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. by Henryk Sienkiewicz
But do you be good also to the ataman.
From With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. by Henryk Sienkiewicz
“That means state recognition, it means training for our cadets,” Cherkashin explained to his Cossack commanders, who are known as atamans.
From Time ● Mar. 12, 2014
Prom that moment the common council ceased, the rule of atamans and the preponderance of the Brotherhood were at an end.
From With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. by Henryk Sienkiewicz
He remembered that the week before he had spoken in the midst of the atamans against giving the baton to Hmelnitski, and against an alliance with the Tartars.
From With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. by Henryk Sienkiewicz
In one corner of the square stood the council-house, in which the atamans used to sit under the presidency of the koshevoi.
From With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. by Henryk Sienkiewicz
Meanwhile boats came up bringing the kuren atamans.
From With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. by Henryk Sienkiewicz
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