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cossack
N นักรบ ใน สมัย พระเจ้า ซาร์ ของ รัสเซีย
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
COSSACK
n.The Cossacks inhabit the Ukraine, in the Russian empire.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
COSSACK
Cos "sack (ks "sk ), n. Etym: [Russ. kozak', kazak': cf. Turk. kaz. ]
Defn: 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.
COSSACK POST
COSSACK POST Cos "sack post. (Mil. )
Defn: An outpost consisting of four men, forming one of a single line of posts substituted for the more formal line of sentinels and line of pickets.
New American Oxford Dictionary
Cossack
Cos sack |ˈkäsˌak, -ək ˈkɑsæk | ▶noun a member of a people of southern Russia, Ukraine, and Siberia, noted for their horsemanship and military skill. • a member of a Cossack military unit. The Cossacks had their origins in the 15th century when refugees from religious persecution, outlaws, adventurers, and escaped serfs banded together in settlements for protection. Under the tsars they were allowed considerable autonomy in return for protecting the frontiers; with the collapse of Soviet rule, Cossack groups have reasserted their identity in both Russia and Ukraine. ▶adjective of, relating to, or characteristic of the Cossacks. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Russian kazak from Turkic, ‘vagabond, nomad ’; later influenced by French Cosaque (see also Kazakh ).
Oxford Dictionary
Cossack
Cossack |ˈkɒsak | ▶noun a member of a people of southern Russia, Ukraine, and Siberia, noted for their horsemanship and military skill. • a member of a Cossack military unit. The Cossacks had their origins in the 15th century when refugees from religious persecution, outlaws, adventurers, and escaped serfs banded together in settlements for protection. Under the tsars they were allowed considerable autonomy in return for protecting the frontiers; with the collapse of Soviet rule Cossack groups have reasserted their identity in both Russia and Ukraine. ▶adjective relating to or characteristic of the Cossacks. ORIGIN from Russian kazak from Turkic, ‘vagabond, nomad ’; later influenced by French Cosaque (see also Kazakh ).
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