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hetman

noun

Etymology

From Polish hetman, probably from Middle High German houbetman, heuptman (“commander”), from Old High German houbitman, from Proto-West Germanic *haubidamann. Compare modern German Hauptmann (“captain”), Haupt, Mann. The Polish e in hetman attests to a borrowing from an East Central German dialect, in which Middle High German -öu- gives -ē-. Doublet of head man.

  1. derived from *haubidamann✻
  2. derived from houbitman
  3. derived from houbetman
  4. derived from hetman

Definitions

  1. A Cossack headman or general.

  2. Title used by the second-highest military commander in Poland and Lithuania (15th to 18th…

    Title used by the second-highest military commander in Poland and Lithuania (15th to 18th century).

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Derived

hetmanate, hetmanship

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