hetman
Example Sentences
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The book began with Mandelstam's first arrest in 1934 for a poem that described the dictator as a tribal hetman savoring each death like a raspberry.
From Time Magazine Archive
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At table's head sat Grandson Bernard, president of Gimbel Brothers, Inc. and present family hetman.
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"The hetman wrote about papa to the sword-bearer of Poznan," recited Zosia; "and the sword-bearer and Pan Pyotrovich found papa with Aga Murza Bey."
From Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
An example in history is Konietspolski the grand hetman, who married a green girl, though he was older than you are.
From On the Field of Glory An Historical Novel of the Time of King John Sobieski by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
The hetman has a golden heart," cried Basia, embracing her husband; "but we shall not show a worse one, Michael.
From Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk