"Hetman" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... commissioner, woon^. the authorities, the powers that be, the government; staff, etat major [Fr.], aga^, official, man in office, person in authority; sircar^, sirkar^, Sublime Porte. [Military authorities] marshal, field marshal, marechal^; general, generalissimo; commander in chief, seraskier^, hetman^; lieutenant general, major general; colonel, lieutenant colonel, major, captain, centurion, skipper, lieutenant, first lieutenant, second lieutenant, sublieutenant, officer, staff officer, aide-de-camp, brigadier, brigade major, adjutant, jemidar^, ensign, cornet, cadet, subaltern, noncommissioned ...
— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget
... a Cossack hetman might to his sotnia, and, at his tone and attitude, something snapped within Redmond. To his already overflowing cup of resentment it was the last straw. His promise to Slavin he flung to the winds, and it was replaced ...
— The Luck of the Mounted - A Tale of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police • Ralph S. Kendall |
