cossack
/ˈkɔːsək/KAW-suhk
/ˈkɔsək/KAW-suhk
Meaninga free rider (Tatar)
Common meaning: a member of a horse-riding people of southern Russia
- cossacka free rider (Tatar)Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), p. 136 · scan
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
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Russian kazak ‘a free rider (Tatar)’.
Roots
- kazak Russian “a free rider (Tatar)”
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