CHETNIK


Meaning of CHETNIK in English

[ 'tʃɛtnɪk ]

■ noun a member of a Slavic nationalist guerrilla force in the Balkans, especially during the Second World War.

Origin

early 20th cent.: from Serbo-Croat četnik , from četa 'band, troop'.

Concise Oxford English vocab.      Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка.