Cossack
noun
/ˈkɑsˌæk/
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/ˈkɒsˌæk/
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/ˈkɔsˌæk/
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- 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 neighbouring countries, that eventually settled in parts of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Russian tsarist Empire and constituted a military caste, particularly in areas now comprising southern Russia and Ukraine.
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Kozak,
kozak,
Kozaczka
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- A member of a military unit (typically cavalry, originally recruited exclusively from the above).
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kozak
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