het·man (h t m n)n. pl. het·mans See ataman. [Ukrainian het'man, from Polish hetman, from German dialectal hötmann, hetmann, captain; akin to German Hauptmann, from Middle High German houbetman : houbet, head (from Old High German houbit; see kaput- in Indo-European roots) + man, man (from Old High German; see fugleman).] |
hetman [ˈhɛtmən]
n pl -mans
(Historical Terms) another word for ataman
[from Polish, from German Hauptmann headman]
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