ataman
Americannoun
plural
atamansnoun
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
Example Sentences
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He was a man of great beauty and extraordinary strength, thanks to which he had the rank of kuren ataman.
From With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
The other, Anton Tatarchuk, ataman of the Chigirin kuren, was a man about forty years old, tall, with a wild expression of face and oblique Tartar eyes.
From With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
The faithful Cossacks therefore bore away their ataman weakened from rage, and took him back to Rozlogi.
From With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
Eliasenko, present at the duel, rushed to the body of the ataman.
From With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
Philip Zakhar and Tatarchuk went straight to the council-house; for one as inspector, and the other as kuren ataman, had a right to a seat among the elders.
From With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
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