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cossack

/ˈkɔːsək/KAW-suhk
/ˈkɔsək/KAW-suhk

Meaninga free rider (Tatar)

Common meaning: a member of a horse-riding people of southern Russia

Journey through time

  1. Russiankazaksource
  2. Russiankozaksource
  3. Englishcossack‘a member of a horse-riding people of southern Russia’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Russian kazak ‘a free rider (Tatar)’.

Roots

  • kazak Russian “a free rider (Tatar)”

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