COSSACK


Meaning of COSSACK in English

/kos"ak, -euhk/ , n.

(esp. in czarist Russia) a person belonging to any of certain groups of Slavs living chiefly in the southern part of Russia in Europe and forming an elite corps of horsemen.

[ 1590-1600;

kozak or Ukrainian kozák, ult. ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .