Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as hetman.

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Examples

  • While we talked I saw Gregor Jhaere, the attaman of gipsies, ride down the track on a brown mule and dismount within ten yards of Kagig.

    The Eye of Zeitoon Mundy, Talbot, 1879-1940 1920

  • The attaman shouted again, and this time Maga mocked him.

    The Eye of Zeitoon Mundy, Talbot, 1879-1940 1920

  • I saw him whisper to Gregor, and the gipsy attaman started on hands and knees to creep round behind her.

    The Eye of Zeitoon Mundy, Talbot, 1879-1940 1920

  • While we talked I saw Gregor Jhaere, the attaman of gipsies, ride down the track on a brown mule and dismount within ten yards of Kagig.

    The Eye of Zeitoon Talbot Mundy 1909

  • I saw him whisper to Gregor, and the gipsy attaman started on hands and knees to creep round behind her.

    The Eye of Zeitoon Talbot Mundy 1909

  • The attaman shouted again, and this time Maga mocked him.

    The Eye of Zeitoon Talbot Mundy 1909

  • "They are very dangerous men, and this man here is their leader ... the attaman of the robbers."

    Creatures That Once Were Men Maksim Gorky 1902

  • "How now, attaman?" asked Petunikoff, maliciously, excited and pleased at the sight of his enemy in bonds.

    Creatures That Once Were Men Maksim Gorky 1902

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