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Cossack definition

Cos·sack (käs′ak′, -ək)

noun

a member of any of several groups of peasants, chiefly of Russian and Polish descent, that lived in autonomous communal settlements, esp. in the Ukraine, until the late 19th cent: in return for special privileges, they served in the cavalry under the Czars

Etymology: Russ kozak < Turk qazaq, adventurer, guerrilla

adjective

of or characteristic of the Cossacks or their culture

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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