Definition of Hetman. Meaning of Hetman. Synonyms of Hetman

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Definition of Hetman

Hetman
Hetman Het"man, n.; pl. Hetmans. [Pol. hetman. Cf. Ataman.] A Cossack headman or general. The title of chief hetman is now held by the heir to the throne of Russia.

Meaning of Hetman from wikipedia

- Hetman is a political title from Central and Eastern Europe, historically ****igned to military commanders (comparable to a field marshal or imperial marshal...
- Hetman is a historical military title in Poland, Lithuania, Ukraine. Look up hetman in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Hetman may also refer to: Hetman...
- two hetmans in the Crown: a Field Hetman and a Great Hetman (sometimes translated as Grand Hetman). As a result, there were in total four hetman titles:...
- administrative-judicial system persisted until 1781. The Hetmanate was founded by the Hetman of the Zaporizhian Host, Bohdan Khmelnytsky, during the Khmelnytsky Uprising...
- An acting hetman or appointed hetman (Ukrainian: Наказний гетьман, romanized: Nakaznyi hetman) was a title used in the Cossack Hetmanate during the 17th...
- A Hetman of Zaporizhian Cossacks is a historical term that has multiple meanings. Officially the post was known as Hetman of the Zaporizhian Host (Ukrainian:...
- March [O.S. 20 March] 1639 – 2 October [O.S. 21 September] 1709) was the Hetman of the Zaporozhian Host and the Left-bank Ukraine in 1687–1708. The historical...
- The Hetman of all Ukraine (Ukrainian: Гетьман усієї України, romanized: Hetman usiiei Ukrainy) was the head of state and commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian...
- The Anti-Hetman Uprising (Ukrainian: Антигетьманське повстання, romanized: Antyhetmanske povstannia or Протигетьманське повстання) was a 1918 uprising...
- The Hetman of the Zaporozhian Host (Ukrainian: Гетьман Війська Запорозького, Latin: Cosaccorum Zaporoviesium Supremus Belli Dux) was the head of state...