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noun,
plural
-mans.
the elected chief of a Cossack village or military
force
.
Origin:
1825–35;
<
Russian
atamán,
Old Russian
vatamanŭ,
probably alteration of a Turkic word with the personal suffix
-man;
identity of initial element disputed
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ataman
(ˈætəmən)
—
n
,
pl
-mans
an elected leader of the Cossacks; hetman
[from Russian, from Polish
hetman,
from German
Hauptmann
(literally: head man)]
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