COSSACK

Cossack

(noun) 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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

cossack (plural cossacks)

Alternative letter-case form of Cossack

Anagrams

• cassock

Etymology

Noun

Cossack (plural Cossacks)

A member or descendant of an originally (semi-)nomadic population of Eastern Europe and the adjacent parts of Asia, formed in part of runaways from the neighbouring countries, that eventually settled in parts of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Russian tsarist Empire (where they constituted a legendary military caste), particularly in areas now comprising southern Russia and Ukraine.

A member of a military unit (typically cavalry, originally recruited exclusively from the above)

(obsolete) A Ukrainian.

Anagrams

• cassock

Source: Wiktionary


Cos"sack (ks"sk), n. Etym: [Russ. kozak', kazak': cf. Turk. kaz.]

Definition: One of a warlike, pastoral people, skillful as horsemen, inhabiting different parts of the Russian empire and furnishing valuable contingents of irregular cavalry to its armies, those of Little Russia and those of the Don forming the principal divisions.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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