Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A soldier of the ancient Muscovite guards, abolished by Peter the Great.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A soldier of the ancient Muscovite guard or Russian standing army; also, the guard itself.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
soldier of the ancientMuscovite guard or Russian standing army. - noun The guard itself.
Etymologies
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Jessica Strelitz is a writer and editor living in Arlington, Va.
USATODAY.com - Around the South: And then there were seven 2003
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Jessica Strelitz is a writer and editor living in Arlington, Va.
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The 12. we passed by a great towne called Strelitz, and that night we lay at Oppelen vpon the riuer of Odera.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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The Strelitz were the first regular military force of Russia, a permanent militia of fusileers, formed during the early reign of Ivan the Terrible, and themselves in time becoming a terror to the nation.
Historic Tales, Vol. 8 (of 15) The Romance of Reality Charles Morris 1877
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The 12. we passed by a great towne called Strelitz, and that night we lay at Oppelen vpon the riuer of Odera.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 05 Central and Southern Europe Richard Hakluyt 1584
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So beneath the title of Strelitz, or Russia a Hundred Years Ago, Fendant and Cavalier rashly added in big letters the words, “In the style of Scott.”
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B. Strelitz PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 A. Stern PH 1 1 1 0 .323
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B. Strelitz PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 D. Reina PIT 1 1 0 0 .200
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C. Cali PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 B. Strelitz PIT 0 0 0 0 .000
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S. Schmoll PIT 1 0 0 0 .000 B. Strelitz PIT 2 0 0 0 .000
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