Cossack
['kɑsæk]
Definition
(noun.) a member of a Slavic people living in southern European Russia and Ukraine and adjacent parts of Asia and noted for their horsemanship and military skill; they formed an elite cavalry corps in czarist Russia.
Editor: Nolan--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One of a warlike, pastoral people, skillful as horsemen, inhabiting different parts of the Russian empire and furnishing valuable contingents of irregular cavalry to its armies, those of Little Russia and those of the Don forming the principal divisions.
Typist: Thaddeus
Definition
n. one of a people in south-eastern Russia forming splendid light cavalry.
Typed by Jewel
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of a Cossack, denotes humiliation of a personal character, brought about by dissipation and wanton extravagance.
Edited by Abraham
Examples
- Doubtless fugitives from the Tartars to the east also contributed to the Cossack mixture. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Grand Duke was dressed in the handsome and showy uniform of a Cossack officer. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The old Cossack! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The flute is quite enough; and she began twirling her tall Cossack round the room. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Under old Moscow's walls the rude Cossack waits him. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Joking apart he was a monstrous fool, that same Count Beckendorff, in the shape of a very handsome young Cossack. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Nor will I curse Helstone, clerical Cossack as he was. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Mischief, spirit, and glee sparkled all over her face as she thus bandied words with the old Cossack, who almost equally enjoyed the tilt. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The old Cossack knew well he might be shot. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Yes; but you see, coming after these Cossacks is the devil! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The little delicate, weak, gentlemanlike Portuguese was no match for the three Cossacks. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The Cossacks were the wild east of Europe, and in many ways not unlike the wild west of the United States in the middle nineteenth century. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Chief among these new nomad tribes were the Ukraine Cossacks on the Dnieper and the Don Cossacks on the Don. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Typist: Sam