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ˈhɛt mənhet·man

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Wiktionary

  1. hetmannoun

    A Cossack headman or general.

  2. hetmannoun

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

  3. Etymology: From hetman, probably from houbetman, heuptman, from houbet, heupt, related to Latin caput, + man. Compare modern German Hauptmann, Haupt, Mann. The Polish e in attests to a borrowing from East Central German dialect, where öu gives ē.

Wikipedia

  1. Hetman

    Hetman (Ukrainian: гетьман, romanized: het'man) is a political title from Central and Eastern Europe, historically assigned to military commanders. Used by the Czechs in Bohemia since the 15th century. It was the title of the second-highest military commander in the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania from the 16th to 18th centuries. Throughout much of the history of Romania and the Moldavia, hetmans were the second-highest army rank. In the modern Czech Republic the title is used for regional governors.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Hetmannoun

    a Cossack headman or general. The title of chief hetman is now held by the heir to the throne of Russia

  2. Etymology: [Pol. hetman. Cf. Ataman.]

Wikidata

  1. Hetman

    Hetman was the highest military office, and head of state, in Ukraine's Cossack Hetmanate. The title was used by Ukraine's Cossacks from the 16th century, and by the Czechs in Bohemia from the Hussite Wars on. Hejtman is today the term for the elected governor of a Czech region. Hetman was also the title of the second-highest military commander in 15th- to 18th-century Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, which together, from 1569 to 1795, comprised the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, or Rzeczpospolita. Hetman is also the Polish name for the chess queen.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Hetman

    het′man, n. the title of the head or general of the Cossacks. [Russ.]

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. hetman

    A word derived from the German, which signifies the chief of a troop. The chief general of the old Polish armies was called Hetman Wielki, and the second general Hetman Polny. The chief or general of the Cossacks is likewise invested with this title by the czar of Russia.

Etymology and Origins

  1. Hetman

    The Russian title of the general or headman of the Cossacks, derived from the Tartar Ataman. This too supplies the origin of the German Hauptmann, captain, chief, or headman of a village.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. HETMAN

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Hetman is ranked #50362 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Hetman surname appeared 415 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Hetman.

    93.4% or 388 total occurrences were White.
    4.5% or 19 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1.2% or 5 total occurrences were of two or more races.

Anagrams for Hetman »

  1. the man

  2. anthem

  3. Hemant

  4. nameth

  5. mentha

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Hetman in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Hetman in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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