hetman: Meaning and Definition of

het•man

Pronunciation: (het'mun), [key]
— pl. -mans.
  1. the title assumed by the chief of Ukrainian Cossacks of the Dnieper River region, with headquarters at Zaporozhe.
  2. ataman.
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