żupan
/zˈupən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A long lined garment of West or Central Asian origin which was widely worn by noblemen in the multiethnic Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and by the Ukrainian Cossacks in the Cossack Hetmanate.
Example Sentences
- "From 1652 comes the information about a żupan, a light caftan worn under another overcoat. It emerges from the sources that in the 18th century the Jewish dress was partly overcome by the West-European fashion."
- "The depiction of St. Casmir^([sic]) which appears in the aquatint is very similar; he is depicted kneeling on clouds (except in a mirror image). The differences are slight: the gesture of the left hand has been modified, the turn of his head is somewhat different, and as far as the clothing is concerned, the żupan is not covered with a floral pattern and the coat is not ermine-lined."
- "There is also some Turkish weaponry and a parade harness; there are ornate woven carpets and the woven belts with which the noblemen of Poland tie their long żupans."