The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hetman \Het"man\, n.; pl. Hetmans. [Pol. hetman. Cf. Ataman.] A Cossack headman or general. The title of chief hetman is now held by the heir to the throne of Russia.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context history English) A Cossack headman or general. 2 (non-gloss definition: Title used by the second-highest military commander in Poland and Lithuania (15th to 18th century).)
Wikipedia
Hetman'' is a political title, historically assigned to military commanders. It was the title of the second-highest military commander (after the monarch) in 15th- to 18th-century Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, which together, from 1569 to 1795, comprised the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, or Rzeczpospolita. For much of the history of the Principality of Moldavia, the Hetman (Rmn. hatman) was the second in rank in the army after the ruling prince (who held the position of Voivode). Hetman was also the highest military office in Ukraine's Hetmanates, the Zaporizhian Host (1649–1764) and Ukrainian State (1918). The title (гетьман'') was used by Ukraine's Cossacks from the 16th century, and by the Czechs (hejtman) in Bohemia from the Hussite Wars (15th century) on. Hejtman is today the term for the elected governor of a Czech region (kraj).
Hetman is the name of a fast train system in Poland.
Hetman is a historical military title in Poland, Lithuania, Ukraine.
Hetman may also refer to:
- Hetman Białystok, Polish football team
- Hetman Zamość, Polish football team
- Hetman (train), Polish fast train
- Hetman is the Polish name for the chess queen.
Usage examples of "hetman".
The name of the glorious hetman, who had almost destroyed Peter the Great at the battle of Poltava, glittered in gold letters on a sky-blue silk standard.
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