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Ataman

/ˈætəmən/

A title of Cossack and haidamak leaders of various kinds. The term was also used for the leader of a fisherman artel and of a band of robbers or thieves.

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A title of Cossack and haidamak leaders of various kinds. The term was also used for the leader of a fisherman artel and of a band of robbers or thieves.

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headmannoun	(informal, rare, chiefly India) headmaster
hetmannoun	(history) A Cossack headman or general.
yakmannoun	A man in charge of a yak.
headsmannoun	An executioner whose method of dispatching the condemned is decapitation.
posadniknoun	(historical, specifically) the mayor or leader of Novgorod and Pskov.
man-at-armsnoun	(historical) A heavily-armed mounted member of medieval cavalry.
pashanoun	(historical) A high-ranking Turkish military officer, especially as a commander or regional governor; the highest honorary title during the Ottoman Empire.
caimakamnoun	Obsolete form of kaymakam. [A lieutenant or deputy in various Turkish contexts, particularly]
czarocratnoun	An official or bureaucrat with substantial autonomy, especially one referred to as a "czar" or "tsar".
amtmannnoun	(historical) An official in German-speaking countries of Europe in the Middle Ages, similar to a bailiff.
caimacannoun	Obsolete form of kaymakam. [A lieutenant or deputy in various Turkish contexts, particularly]
sotniknoun	(historical) A military commander and leader of a certain rank in Ukraine and nearby territories.
man-of-warnoun	(military, nautical, chiefly historical) A powerful armed naval vessel, primarily one armed with cannon and propelled by sails; a warship.
admiralnoun	(military) A high rank in the British and American Navies, NATO grade OF-9, equivalent ranks in other navies, in coast guards, etc.
michmannoun	A person holding this rank.
sotnyknoun	Alternative form of sotnik. [(historical) A military commander and leader of a certain rank in Ukraine and nearby territories.]
thingmannoun	(historical, usually in the plural) One of several men gathered at a thing, for example to settle a dispute over a debt.
caimacamnoun	Obsolete form of kaymakam. [A lieutenant or deputy in various Turkish contexts, particularly]
headmanshipnoun	The role or status of headman.
questmannoun	(obsolete) One who is legally empowered to look into certain matters, especially abuses of weights and measures.