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Cos·sack

(kŏs′ăk)

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.

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Cossack

(ˈkɒsæk)

(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 tsars

adj

(Historical Terms) of, relating to, or characteristic of the Cossacks: a Cossack dance.

[C16: from Russian kazak vagabond, of Turkic origin]

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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”]

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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 Russia

Slav - any member of the people of eastern Europe or Asian Russia who speak a Slavonic language

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kosakisch

Cosaque

cosacco

казак

Cossack

[ˈkɒsæk]

A. ADJ → cosaco m

B. N → cosaco/a m/f

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cossack

n → Kosak(in) m(f)

adj → Kosaken-

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