n. a member of any of several groups of peasants; chiefly of Russian and Polish descent; that lived in autonomous communal settlements; esp. in the Ukraine; until the late 19th cent; in return for special privileges; they served in the cavalry under
He was a member of the Cossack tribe.
He was a member of the Cossack tribe.
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cossack
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