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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Haiduk¹

< Hungarian hajdúk, plural of hajdú

Word History and Origins

Origin of Haiduk¹

C17: from Hungarian hajdúk brigands

Example Sentences

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

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

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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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