Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A company or squadron in a Cossack regiment.
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Examples
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Immediately in front of main body marches a detachment of sappers and a company or two of infantry; then part of the artillery; then more infantry; the train; behind the train, remainder of artillery and infantry; as a rear guard, a sotnia of cavalry.
Afghanistan and the Anglo-Russian Dispute Theo. F. Rodenbough
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He spoke as a Cossack hetman might to his sotnia, and, at his tone and attitude, something snapped within Redmond.
The Luck of the Mounted A Tale of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police Ralph S. Kendall
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Usually, a half sotnia (70 men) of cavalry marches in advance at a distance from 3/4 to 1-1/3 miles, so as to be in view of main body.
Afghanistan and the Anglo-Russian Dispute Theo. F. Rodenbough
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The rest in a melancholy group were herded into the porch of the town-hall, a sotnia of Cossacks keeping guard over them.
Adventures Of Gerard Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1903
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The rest in a melancholy group were herded into the porch of the town-hall, a sotnia of Cossacks keeping guard over them.
The Adventures of Gerard Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1903
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The rest in a melancholy group were herded into the porch of the town-hall, a sotnia of Cossacks keeping guard over them.
The Adventures of Gerard Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1903
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There was a flash of red and white pennons, the glitter of steel lances and a glimpse of bottle-green coats as half a sotnia of
The Book of All-Power Edgar Wallace 1903
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The rest in a melancholy group were herded into the porch of the town-hall, a sotnia of Cossacks keeping guard over them.
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Now and then he volunteered a little, a very little, information about his own sotnia of Cossacks, left apparently to look after themselves somewhere at the back of beyond.
Soldier Stories Rudyard Kipling 1900
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Now and then he volunteered a little, a very little, information about his own sotnia of Cossacks, left apparently to look after themselves somewhere at the back of beyond.
Life's Handicap Rudyard Kipling 1900
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