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–noun, plural -mans.

1.	the title assumed by the chief of Ukrainian Cossacks of the Dnieper River region, with headquarters at Zaporozhe.

ataman.

[Origin: 1700–10; < Ukrainian hét'man < Pol hetman < an eastern dial. form of MHG houbetman leader, chief (G Hauptmann captain; cf. G dial. (Silesia) Hettmann, Hötmann; see head, man¹)

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at·a·man Audio Help (āt'ə-mān') Pronunciation Key
n. pl. at·a·mans
A Cossack chief. Also called hetman.

[Russian, from South Turkic, leader of an armed band : ata, father + -man, augmentative suff.]

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het·man Audio Help (hět'mən) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. het·mans
See ataman.

[Ukrainian het'man, from Polish hetman, from German dialectal hötmann, hetmann, captain; akin to German Hauptmann, from Middle High German houbetman : houbet, head (from Old High German houbit; see kaput- in Indo-European roots) + man, man (from Old High German; see fugleman).]

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Hetman

At"a*man\, n. [Russ. ataman': cf. Pol. hetman, G. hauptmann headman, chieftain. Cf. Hetman.] A hetman, or chief of the Cossacks.

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