"Aye! And once a hetman of the kozaki of the Zaporoskan River, as you have guessed. Would you like to live?"
-A Witch Shall be Born
het·man.
[ˈhetmən]
NOUN
hetmen (plural noun)
a Polish or Cossack military commander.
ORIGIN
Polish, probably from German Hauptmann ‘captain.’
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