COSSACKS

8 letters 16 Scrabble points

Definition of COSSACKS

noun

  1. A member or descendant of an originally (semi-)nomadic population of Eastern Europe and the adjacent parts of Asia, formed in part of runaways from the neighbouring countries, that eventually settled in parts of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Russian tsarist Empire (where they constituted a legendary military caste), particularly in areas now comprising southern Russia and Ukraine.

  2. A member of a military unit (typically cavalry, originally recruited exclusively from the above)

  3. A Ukrainian.

Source: Wiktionary

Word Details

Letters C O S S A C K S
Length 8 letters
Scrabble Score 16 points

Anagrams of COSSACKS

Words that use the same letters:

CASSOCKS