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heiduc

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Hei⋅duc

[hahy-dook]
–noun
Haiduk.
Also, Heiduk.

Hai⋅duk

[hahy-dook]
–noun
1. one of a class of mercenary soldiers in 16th-century Hungary.
2. an outlaw who engaged in brigandage and irregular warfare against the Turks in the Slavic regions of the Ottoman Empire.
3. a male servant or attendant dressed in semimilitary Hungarian costume.
Also, Heyduck, Heyduke, Heyduc, Heiduc, Heiduk.


Origin:
< Hungarian hajdúk, pl. of hajdú
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