haiduc
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish حیدود (haydud, haydut), from Hungarian hajdú. Compare with Serbo-Croatian хајдук / hajduk and Bulgarian хайдук (hajduk).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hajˈduk/
- Hyphenation: hai‧duc
Noun
haiduc m (plural haiduci)
- a Robin Hood-like figure
- hajduk, a mercenary soldier; a brigand, highwayman, outlaw, especially one attacking or robbing rich nobles or foreign occupiers like the Ottomans
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