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Cossack
Cos·sack C0671500 (kŏs′ăk)n. A member of a people of southern European Russia and adjacent parts of Asia. Many Cossacks served as cavalrymen in the armies of the czars.
[Russian kazak and Ukrainian kozak, both from South Turkic qazaq, adventurer; see Kazakh.]
Cos′sack′ adj.Cossack (ˈkɒsæk) n (Historical Terms) (formerly) any of the free warrior-peasants of chiefly East Slavonic descent who lived in communes, esp in Ukraine, and served as cavalry under the tsarsadj (Historical Terms) of, relating to, or characteristic of the Cossacks: a Cossack dance. [C16: from Russian kazak vagabond, of Turkic origin]Cos•sack (ˈkɒs æk, -ək)
n. 1. a member of any of a number of self-governing communities of varied ethnic affiliation that developed on the S and E frontiers of the Muscovite state and Poland-Lithuania after c1400: all were eventually incorporated into czarist Russia. 2. a mounted soldier of a military unit drafted from any of these communities. [1590–1600; < Polish kozak or Ukrainian kozák, ultimately < a Turkic word taken to mean “adventurer, freebooter”] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  Cossack - a member of a Slavic people living in southern European Russia and Ukraine and adjacent parts of Asia and noted for their horsemanship and military skill; they formed an elite cavalry corps in czarist RussiaSlav - any member of the people of eastern Europe or Asian Russia who speak a Slavonic language |
TranslationsCossack
Cossack (formerly) any of the free warrior-peasants of chiefly East Slavonic descent who lived in communes, esp in Ukraine, and served as cavalry under the tsars Cossack (Turkic, “a daring, free man”), a person who broke with his social environment (14th to 17th century); at the end of the 15th century the term “cossack” was applied to the free people living at the edges of the Russian state. Cossack
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