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Cossack [ˈkɒsæk] n (Historical Terms) (formerly) any of the free warrior-peasants of chiefly East Slavonic descent who lived in communes, esp in the Ukraine, and served as cavalry under the tsars adj
(Historical Terms) of, relating to, or characteristic of the Cossacks a Cossack dance [from Russian kazak vagabond, of Turkic origin] ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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Dirkovitch was a Russian - a Russian of the Russians - who appeared to get his bread by serving the Czar as an officer in a Cossack regiment, and corresponding for a Russian newspaper with a name that was never twice alike. The Grand Duke was dressed in the handsome and showy uniform of a Cossack officer. Some time after this we saw them move a little to our right, and expected them on the rear: when a cunning fellow, a Cossack of Jarawena, calling to the leader of the caravan, said to him, "I will send all these people away to Sibeilka. |
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