Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kossack

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: kos-sack
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A member of the leftist US blogging community Daily Kos.

American usage

Example Sentences

"Opined one Kossack: "His blood is also on Bush's hands.""
"The Kingpin had instructed his Kossack cultists to support Brown's Democratic primary rival, Paul Hackett."

Etymology

From Daily Kos (derived in turn from Kos, nickname of the blog's founder Markos Moulitsas) and cossack.

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

Kossacks (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

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Questions

What does kossack mean?: A member of the leftist US blogging community Daily Kos.
Where does kossack come from?: From Daily Kos (derived in turn from Kos, nickname of the blog's founder Markos Moulitsas) and cossack.

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