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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Chet•nik (chet nēk′, chet′nik),USA pronunciation n. - a member of a Serbian nationalist group that fought against the Turks in the early part of the 20th century and carried on guerrilla warfare during World War I and II.
- Serbo-Croatian čȅtnīk guerrilla, equivalent. to čȅt(a) troop (cognate with Old Russian cheta, Czech četa) + -nīk agent suffix (compare -nik)
- 1905–10
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