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noun
a Ukrainian (often Cossack) insurgent against Poland-Lithuania in the 18th century.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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History
Borrowed from Ukrainian гайдамака (hajdamaka), ultimately from Ottoman Turkish هايدامق (haydamak), probably from the Ottoman Turkish هایده (hayde), combined with the Ottoman Turkish ـمق (-mak), possibly under influence of Ukrainian -ак (-ak), related to haydamak.
