Cossackn.

Brit.

/ˈkɒsak/, U.S.

/ˈkɔˌsæk/,

/ˈkɑˌsæk/

Forms: Also 1500s Cassacke, 1600s Cossache, Cossaque, Cassok, Kosack, 1600s–1700s Cosack, Cosak, 1700s Cossac, 1800s– Cossacque, Kossak, Kozack, Kozak.

Etymology: < Turki quzzāq adventurer, guerrilla. ‘In India it became common in sense of predatory horseman, freebooter’ (Yule).

1. A member of a people of Ukraine and southern Russia, noted for their horsemanship and military skill. Also attributive or adj.‘From them the Poles organized a body of light horsemen, in which capacity they formed an important element of the Russian army.’ ( N.E.D.)

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society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by branch of army > [noun] > mounted soldier > light-armed

hobblerc1308

prickera1350

genetorc1440

stradiotc1515

light horse1524

hussar1532

light horseman1544

demi-lancer1552

demi-lancea1556

estradiot1577

argoletier1579

argoletc1580

Cossack1587

jennet1676

hobbler-archer1786

1587 G. Turberville Tragicall Tales f. 191 The Cassocke beares his fealt, to force away the raine.

1687 P. Rycaut Hist. Turks II. 231 The Piracies and Depredations of the Cosacks in the Black Sea.

1698 J. Crull Antient & Present State Muscovy I. 126 The Cossacks..were a certain Body of Soldiers, Established for the Guard of the Frontiers.

1753 J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea I. xv. 97 The Cossacks are a species of Tartars: their name signifies free-booters.

1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto VIII lxxiv. 148 The Kozacks, or if so you please, Cossacques.

1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto X li. 78 The parries He made 'gainst Cossacque sabres.

1856 Ld. Tennyson Charge Light Brigade (rev. ed.) iv, in Maud & Other Poems (new ed.) 163 Cossack and Russian Reel'd from the sabre-stroke Shatter'd and sunder'd.

in extended use.1877 J. C. Geikie Life & Words Christ I. xxv. 389 To hold these fierce Cossacks of the age in check.

a. In full Cossack boot: a high boot. Originally U.S.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > boot > [noun] > high or long > types of

jockey-boot1683

top-boot1768

Cossack boot1805

wellington boot1815

Hessian boot1834

jockey1851

Napoleon1853

Napoleon boot1860

jockey-leg1862

larrigan1886

kamik1891

mukluk1898

cruiser1902

jockey-back1909

1805 Lancaster (Pa.) Jrnl. 29 Mar. (advt.) Cossacks, Suwarrows..Full Boots.

1831 Mirror XVIII. 435/1 It's goodbye to Wellingtons and Cossacks,..the old Shoe Mart is disposed of.

1897 J. L. Allen Choir Invisible iv. 36 His new cossack boots.

1967 Guardian 9 Nov. 6/3 Country shoes and stockings, Cossack boots, hogskin gloves.

b. In full Cossack horse, Cossack pony: a Cossack horse or pony.

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1815 J. Scott Visit to Paris xiii. 262 The driver of a cabriolet..told me that his horse was a Cossack.

1831 W. Youatt Horse ii. 18 The most celebrated Cossack horses from the Don, the Black Sea, and the Ural.

1926 Blackwood's Mag. Sept. 310/1 Our ponies nearly all of them came from England, but some people played Cossacks. I had a capital Cossack pony.

c. plural. Baggy trousers, pleated into a waistband. Also Cossack trousers.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [noun] > trousers > types of > wide or loose

slops1481

shipman's hose1540

slop1560

shipman's breek1563

drawers1567

kelsouns1568

scaling1577

scavilones1577

scabilonian1600

calzoons1615

linings1631

swabber-slopsa1658

pantaloon1686

underslops1737

trousers1773

pyjamas1801

Cossacks1820

Turkish trousers1821

hakama1822

salwar1824

slacks1824

sherwal1844

overall1845

bag1853

sack-pants1856

bloomer1862

trouser skirt1883

petticoat trousers1885

mompe1908

step-in1922

bombachas1936

baggies1962

jams1966

palazzo1970

hose-

1820 H. Luttrell in Kaleidoscope 25 July 29/1 Whose heart could parry the attacks Of his voluminous Cossacks—Trousers so-called from those barbarians Nursed in the Steppes.

1832 A. Earle Tristan d'Acunha in Narr. Resid. N.Z. 351 The front of these ‘Cossacks’ consisting of sail cloth, and the back of dried goat's skin.

1844 Ainsworth's Mag. 6 430 They were made very wide, long and loose (Cossack trowsers were the rage then).

1968 Guardian 28 July 7/4 Black coats over Cossack trousers that tuck into black patent leather boots.

d. Cossack post n. an outpost of a few mounted men under a non-commissioned officer or senior soldier.

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society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > military position > [noun] > outpost

outpost1696

Cossack post1845

1845 W. D. Cooley tr. Parrot World Surveyed I. i. 10 This portion of the empire is traversed by a line of Kossack posts.

1853 L. Oliphant Russian Shores Black Sea 141 My importations from Don Cossack post-huts were considerable.

1860 T. W. Atkinson Trav. Amoor 9 I had visited..all the Cossack posts on my way to the Altin-Kool.

1861 W. F. Ainsworth Steppes of Russia in All Round World II. v. 292/2 The Cossack post of Schukovaia.

1861 W. F. Ainsworth Steppes of Russia in All Round World II. v. 292/2 They had to put up at a Cossack post-house, a mere hut.

1899 R. S. S. Baden-Powell Aids to Scouting 131 Each force will form a line of outposts, consisting of two Cossack posts, and scouts for reconnoitring patrols.

e. Cossack hat n. a brimless hat, wider at the top than at the head-band.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > hat > having no brim

turban1862

turban hat1862

pillbox1887

pillbox hat1893

Cossack hat1939

shapka1945

1939 M. B. Picken Lang. Fashion 71/2 Cossack hat, adaptation of cap worn by Cossacks; usually tall, brimless hat of fur, astrakhan..or felt.

1951 ‘J. Tey’ Daughter of Time ii. 20 She breezed in, very dashing in a Cossack hat worn at a casual rake.

1966 Vogue Dec. 121 Persian lamb cossack hat.

f. Canadian. A sealskin or deerskin jacket.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > jacket > made of specific material

cork-jacket1762

zamarra1841

worsted1905

Cossack1919

bush jacket1939

leathers1962

puffa1975

1919 W. T. Grenfell Labrador Doctor (1920) vii. 155 He wore it over a deerskin kossak, which is not the custom of cavalrymen.

3. slang. A policeman; esp. a member of an armed strike-breaking force (from the similar use of Cossacks in imperial Russia). Also attributive.

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society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [noun] > policeman

truncheon officer1708

runner1735

horny1753

nibbing-cull1775

nabbing-cull1780

police officer1784

police constable1787

policeman1788

scout1789

nabman1792

nabber1795

pig1811

Bow-street officer1812

nab1813

peeler1816

split1819

grunter1823

robin redbreast1824

bulky1828

raw (or unboiled) lobster1829

Johnny Darm1830

polis1833

crusher1835

constable1839

police1839

agent1841

johndarm1843

blue boy1844

bobby1844

bluebottle1845

copper1846

blue1848

polisman1850

blue coat1851

Johnny1851

PC1851

spot1851

Jack1854

truncheonist1854

fly1857

greycoat1857

cop1859

Cossack1859

slop1859

scuffer1860

nailerc1863

worm1864

Robert1870

reeler1879

minion of the law1882

ginger pop1887

rozzer1888

nark1890

bull1893

grasshopper1893

truncheon-bearer1896

John1898

finger1899

flatty1899

mug1903

John Dunn1904

John Hop1905

gendarme1906

Johnny Hop1908

pavement pounder1908

buttons1911

flat-foot1913

pounder1919

Hop1923

bogy1925

shamus1925

heat1928

fuzz1929

law1929

narker1932

roach1932

jonnop1938

grass1939

roller1940

Babylon1943

walloper1945

cozzer1950

Old Bill1958

cowboy1959

monaych1961

cozzpot1962

policeperson1965

woolly1965

Fed1966

wolly1970

plod1971

roz1971

Smokey Bear1974

bear1975

beast1978

woodentop1981

Five-O1983

dibble1990

Bow-street runner-

1859 in J. C. Hotten Dict. Slang

1886 Graphic 30 Jan. 130/1 A policeman is also called a ‘cossack’, a ‘Philistine’, and a ‘frog’.

1913 Ann. Rep. Dock Workers' Union 1912 5 Home Secretary intervenes with armed forces; attempts at suppression, cossack methods of the Home Office forces.

1928 Collier's 29 Dec. 9/4 Remember the state constabulary of Colorado, the so-called ‘Cossacks’ who were so bitterly complained of by striking miners.

Derivatives

Coˈssackian adj.

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1816 Gentleman's Mag. 86 i. 211 Form of government..entirely kozakian.

Coˈssackic adj. rare pertaining to the Cossacks.

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1824 J. Gilchrist Etymol. Interpreter 14 The origin of Cossackic and Hottentotic, and of all the languages, etc.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	cossack
释义	Cossackn. Brit. /ˈkɒsak/, U.S. /ˈkɔˌsæk/, /ˈkɑˌsæk/ Forms: Also 1500s Cassacke, 1600s Cossache, Cossaque, Cassok, Kosack, 1600s–1700s Cosack, Cosak, 1700s Cossac, 1800s– Cossacque, Kossak, Kozack, Kozak. Etymology: < Turki quzzāq adventurer, guerrilla. ‘In India it became common in sense of predatory horseman, freebooter’ (Yule). 1. A member of a people of Ukraine and southern Russia, noted for their horsemanship and military skill. Also attributive or adj.‘From them the Poles organized a body of light horsemen, in which capacity they formed an important element of the Russian army.’ ( N.E.D.) ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by branch of army > [noun] > mounted soldier > light-armed hobblerc1308 prickera1350 genetorc1440 stradiotc1515 light horse1524 hussar1532 light horseman1544 demi-lancer1552 demi-lancea1556 estradiot1577 argoletier1579 argoletc1580 Cossack1587 jennet1676 hobbler-archer1786 1587 G. Turberville Tragicall Tales f. 191 The Cassocke beares his fealt, to force away the raine. 1687 P. Rycaut Hist. Turks II. 231 The Piracies and Depredations of the Cosacks in the Black Sea. 1698 J. Crull Antient & Present State Muscovy I. 126 The Cossacks..were a certain Body of Soldiers, Established for the Guard of the Frontiers. 1753 J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea I. xv. 97 The Cossacks are a species of Tartars: their name signifies free-booters. 1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto VIII lxxiv. 148 The Kozacks, or if so you please, Cossacques. 1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto X li. 78 The parries He made 'gainst Cossacque sabres. 1856 Ld. Tennyson Charge Light Brigade (rev. ed.) iv, in Maud & Other Poems (new ed.) 163 Cossack and Russian Reel'd from the sabre-stroke Shatter'd and sunder'd. in extended use.1877 J. C. Geikie Life & Words Christ I. xxv. 389 To hold these fierce Cossacks of the age in check. 2. a. In full Cossack boot: a high boot. Originally U.S. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > boot > [noun] > high or long > types of jockey-boot1683 top-boot1768 Cossack boot1805 wellington boot1815 Hessian boot1834 jockey1851 Napoleon1853 Napoleon boot1860 jockey-leg1862 larrigan1886 kamik1891 mukluk1898 cruiser1902 jockey-back1909 1805 Lancaster (Pa.) Jrnl. 29 Mar. (advt.) Cossacks, Suwarrows..Full Boots. 1831 Mirror XVIII. 435/1 It's goodbye to Wellingtons and Cossacks,..the old Shoe Mart is disposed of. 1897 J. L. Allen Choir Invisible iv. 36 His new cossack boots. 1967 Guardian 9 Nov. 6/3 Country shoes and stockings, Cossack boots, hogskin gloves. b. In full Cossack horse, Cossack pony: a Cossack horse or pony. ΚΠ 1815 J. Scott Visit to Paris xiii. 262 The driver of a cabriolet..told me that his horse was a Cossack. 1831 W. Youatt Horse ii. 18 The most celebrated Cossack horses from the Don, the Black Sea, and the Ural. 1926 Blackwood's Mag. Sept. 310/1 Our ponies nearly all of them came from England, but some people played Cossacks. I had a capital Cossack pony. c. plural. Baggy trousers, pleated into a waistband. Also Cossack trousers. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [noun] > trousers > types of > wide or loose slops1481 shipman's hose1540 slop1560 shipman's breek1563 drawers1567 kelsouns1568 scaling1577 scavilones1577 scabilonian1600 calzoons1615 linings1631 swabber-slopsa1658 pantaloon1686 underslops1737 trousers1773 pyjamas1801 Cossacks1820 Turkish trousers1821 hakama1822 salwar1824 slacks1824 sherwal1844 overall1845 bag1853 sack-pants1856 bloomer1862 trouser skirt1883 petticoat trousers1885 mompe1908 step-in1922 bombachas1936 baggies1962 jams1966 palazzo1970 hose- 1820 H. Luttrell in Kaleidoscope 25 July 29/1 Whose heart could parry the attacks Of his voluminous Cossacks—Trousers so-called from those barbarians Nursed in the Steppes. 1832 A. Earle Tristan d'Acunha in Narr. Resid. N.Z. 351 The front of these ‘Cossacks’ consisting of sail cloth, and the back of dried goat's skin. 1844 Ainsworth's Mag. 6 430 They were made very wide, long and loose (Cossack trowsers were the rage then). 1968 Guardian 28 July 7/4 Black coats over Cossack trousers that tuck into black patent leather boots. d. Cossack post n. an outpost of a few mounted men under a non-commissioned officer or senior soldier. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > military position > [noun] > outpost outpost1696 Cossack post1845 1845 W. D. Cooley tr. Parrot World Surveyed I. i. 10 This portion of the empire is traversed by a line of Kossack posts. 1853 L. Oliphant Russian Shores Black Sea 141 My importations from Don Cossack post-huts were considerable. 1860 T. W. Atkinson Trav. Amoor 9 I had visited..all the Cossack posts on my way to the Altin-Kool. 1861 W. F. Ainsworth Steppes of Russia in All Round World II. v. 292/2 The Cossack post of Schukovaia. 1861 W. F. Ainsworth Steppes of Russia in All Round World II. v. 292/2 They had to put up at a Cossack post-house, a mere hut. 1899 R. S. S. Baden-Powell Aids to Scouting 131 Each force will form a line of outposts, consisting of two Cossack posts, and scouts for reconnoitring patrols. e. Cossack hat n. a brimless hat, wider at the top than at the head-band. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > hat > having no brim turban1862 turban hat1862 pillbox1887 pillbox hat1893 Cossack hat1939 shapka1945 1939 M. B. Picken Lang. Fashion 71/2 Cossack hat, adaptation of cap worn by Cossacks; usually tall, brimless hat of fur, astrakhan..or felt. 1951 ‘J. Tey’ Daughter of Time ii. 20 She breezed in, very dashing in a Cossack hat worn at a casual rake. 1966 Vogue Dec. 121 Persian lamb cossack hat. f. Canadian. A sealskin or deerskin jacket. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > jacket > made of specific material cork-jacket1762 zamarra1841 worsted1905 Cossack1919 bush jacket1939 leathers1962 puffa1975 1919 W. T. Grenfell Labrador Doctor (1920) vii. 155 He wore it over a deerskin kossak, which is not the custom of cavalrymen. 3. slang. A policeman; esp. a member of an armed strike-breaking force (from the similar use of Cossacks in imperial Russia). Also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [noun] > policeman truncheon officer1708 runner1735 horny1753 nibbing-cull1775 nabbing-cull1780 police officer1784 police constable1787 policeman1788 scout1789 nabman1792 nabber1795 pig1811 Bow-street officer1812 nab1813 peeler1816 split1819 grunter1823 robin redbreast1824 bulky1828 raw (or unboiled) lobster1829 Johnny Darm1830 polis1833 crusher1835 constable1839 police1839 agent1841 johndarm1843 blue boy1844 bobby1844 bluebottle1845 copper1846 blue1848 polisman1850 blue coat1851 Johnny1851 PC1851 spot1851 Jack1854 truncheonist1854 fly1857 greycoat1857 cop1859 Cossack1859 slop1859 scuffer1860 nailerc1863 worm1864 Robert1870 reeler1879 minion of the law1882 ginger pop1887 rozzer1888 nark1890 bull1893 grasshopper1893 truncheon-bearer1896 John1898 finger1899 flatty1899 mug1903 John Dunn1904 John Hop1905 gendarme1906 Johnny Hop1908 pavement pounder1908 buttons1911 flat-foot1913 pounder1919 Hop1923 bogy1925 shamus1925 heat1928 fuzz1929 law1929 narker1932 roach1932 jonnop1938 grass1939 roller1940 Babylon1943 walloper1945 cozzer1950 Old Bill1958 cowboy1959 monaych1961 cozzpot1962 policeperson1965 woolly1965 Fed1966 wolly1970 plod1971 roz1971 Smokey Bear1974 bear1975 beast1978 woodentop1981 Five-O1983 dibble1990 Bow-street runner- 1859 in J. C. Hotten Dict. Slang 1886 Graphic 30 Jan. 130/1 A policeman is also called a ‘cossack’, a ‘Philistine’, and a ‘frog’. 1913 Ann. Rep. Dock Workers' Union 1912 5 Home Secretary intervenes with armed forces; attempts at suppression, cossack methods of the Home Office forces. 1928 Collier's 29 Dec. 9/4 Remember the state constabulary of Colorado, the so-called ‘Cossacks’ who were so bitterly complained of by striking miners. Derivatives Coˈssackian adj. ΚΠ 1816 Gentleman's Mag. 86 i. 211 Form of government..entirely kozakian. Coˈssackic adj. rare pertaining to the Cossacks. ΚΠ 1824 J. Gilchrist Etymol. Interpreter 14 The origin of Cossackic and Hottentotic, and of all the languages, etc. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1587
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