Haiduk
or Hey·duck, Hey·duke, Hey·duc
[ hahy-dook ]
/ ˈhaɪ dʊk /
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noun
one of a class of mercenary soldiers in 16th-century Hungary.
an outlaw who engaged in brigandage and irregular warfare against the Turks in the Slavic regions of the Ottoman Empire.
a male servant or attendant dressed in semimilitary Hungarian costume.
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Also Hei·duc, Hei·duk .
Origin of Haiduk
<Hungarian hajdúk, plural of hajdú
Words nearby Haiduk
hahnium, Haida, Haidarabad, Haidar Ali, Haidinger fringes, Haiduk, Haifa, Haig, Haight-Ashbury, haik, haikai
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How to use Haiduk in a sentence
The young Lord, the haiduk, the master of the hounds, and the fool were entertaining themselves playing ball.
Peter the Priest|Mr JkaiNothing; for the haiduk, whose duty it was to sleep on the threshold, had been taken away to join the watch on Viola.
The Village Notary|Jzsef EtvsHe will have Skinner before him, a haiduk in the rear, and me at the table; we'll show you sport, my boy!
The Village Notary|Jzsef Etvs
British Dictionary definitions for Haiduk
Haiduk
Heyduck or Heiduc
/ (ˈhaɪdʊk) /
noun
a rural brigand in the European part of the Ottoman Empire
Word Origin for Haiduk
C17: from Hungarian hajdúk brigands
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