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hetman
[ het-muhn ]
noun
, plural het·mans.
- the title assumed by the chief of Ukrainian Cossacks of the Dnieper River region, with headquarters at Zaporozhe.
hetman
/ ˈhɛtmən /
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of hetman1
C18: from Polish, from German Hauptmann headman
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Example Sentences
Next to them in the right centre the 11th Division was to push for the trenches at Hetman Chair.
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Suppose the hetman had left his warriors near by, and that they should grow suspicious and come to investigate his long absence?
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The hetman and many Lituanian pans were taken prisoners, and there was joy in the bulb-topped city.
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He was confident that the gigantic task could be accomplished, and sent daily instructions to the hetman.
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In 1610 he was deposed, made a monk, and finally carried off as a trophy by the Polish grand hetman, Stanislaus Zolkiewski.
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