释义 |
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024het•man (het′mən),USA pronunciation n., pl. -mans. - World Historythe title assumed by the chief of Ukrainian Cossacks of the Dnieper River region, with headquarters at Zaporozhe.
- Anthropology, World Historyataman.
- an eastern dialect, dialectal form of Middle High German houbetman leader, chief (German Hauptmann captain; compare German dialect, dialectal (Silesia) Hettmann, Hötmann; see head, man1)
- Polish hetman
- Ukrainian hét'man
- 1700–10
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: hetman /ˈhɛtmən/ n ( pl -mans)- another word for ataman
Etymology: 18th Century: from Polish, from German Hauptmann headman |