Definition of ataman in English:
ataman
nounPlural atamansˈatəmanˈädəmän
A Cossack leader.
Example sentencesExamples
- From the outset, the Japanese cultivated Semenoff and like-minded Cossacks, and lavish gifts and money found their way to Chita and to strongholds of other atamans in eastern Siberia.
- Each Cossack force had its own ataman and there was an ataman of all Cossack forces who, from 1827, was the heir to the imperial throne.
- After the defeat at Simbirsk, some other atamans betrayed Razin and gave him up to the authorities.
- The collection contains studies by government officials, scholars, and Cossack movement leaders (atamans).
- Apart from these more organized armies, armed gangs of bandits under their own leaders (atamans) join the fighting.
- Their high command - the atamans - arrived in ostentatious foreign cars.
Origin
Mid 19th century: from Russian.