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hetman

/hˈɛtmən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.99 in modern English

Syllables
het-man
IPA
/hˈɛtmən/
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Cossack headman or general.

noun

Title used by the second-highest military commander in Poland and Lithuania (15th to 18th century).

Etymology

From Polish hetman, probably from Middle High German houbetman, heuptman (“commander”), from Old High German houbitman, from Proto-West Germanic *haubidamann. Compare modern German Hauptmann (“captain”), Haupt, Mann. The Polish e in hetman attests to a borrowing from an East Central German dialect, in which Middle High German -öu- gives -ē-. Doublet of head man.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: hetman, houbetman, houbitman, *haubidamann

Inflected Forms

hetmans (plural) hetmen (plural)

Derived Forms

hetmanate hetmanship

Frequently Paired Words

ataman hegumen

Rhymes With

getman yetman gettman

Questions

How do you pronounce hetman?
The recorded pronunciation is /hˈɛtmən/.
What does hetman mean?
A Cossack headman or general.
Where does hetman come from?
It is traced to Polish.

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