ataman

/ˈætəmən/

IPA: /AH0 T EY1 M AH0 N/

noun
  1. 1

    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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