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Haiduk

or Hey·duck, Hey·duke, Hey·duc

[ hahy-dook ]

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.


Haiduk

/ ˈhaɪdʊk /

noun

  1. a rural brigand in the European part of the Ottoman Empire
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Haiduk1

< Hungarian hajdúk, plural of hajdú
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Haiduk1

C17: from Hungarian hajdúk brigands
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Example Sentences

The young Lord, the haiduk, the master of the hounds, and the fool were entertaining themselves playing ball.

Nothing; for the haiduk, whose duty it was to sleep on the threshold, had been taken away to join the watch on Viola.

He will have Skinner before him, a haiduk in the rear, and me at the table; we'll show you sport, my boy!

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