cossack

IPA: kˈɔsʌk

Root Word: Cossack

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.
A member of a military unit (typically cavalry, originally recruited exclusively from the above).
(obsolete) A Ukrainian.
(derogatory) A mercenary; a regular or irregular soldier used to oppress a minority, such as in anti-Jewish pogroms; a police officer, particularly one used in strike-breaking; a violent thug.
Alternative letter-case form of Cossack [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.]

Examples of "cossack" in Sentences

Gabriel on Jul 17, 2008 what? no cossack? no octopus?
That's the meaning of the word cossack from the old kazak.
Hey, if your boss is a czar, do you call yourself a cossack? martin Says:
Reza commanded a cossack brigade that seized control of the capital in a moment of national disorder in 1921.
Applying this in 'democratic politics', the young generation is the "cossack" for the candidate who can appeal to the young generation.
Here in the land of fjords and A-Ha, their entry was a Minsk-born Russian with cossack-style dancers in a naked pitch for slavic votes.
Say what you like about Paulson, but he's merely a cossack, and as you know, the cossacks work for the czar (and his name is Dick Cheney).
I thought it was interesting Bishop John Magee, who's a bishop from Ireland, told us the other day that the pope left him a cossack, which is the long flowing black robe that priests wear.