Definitions for ataman

ataman at·a·man

Spelling: [at-uh-muh n]
IPA: /ˈæt ə mən/

Ataman is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 53 anagrams from letters in ataman (aaamnt).

Definitions for ataman

noun

  1. the elected chief of a Cossack village or military force.

Origin of ataman

1825-35; Russian atamán, Old Russian vatamanŭ, probably alteration of a Turkic word with the personal suffix -man; identity of initial element disputed

Examples for ataman

I should have had to knuckle down very submissively to some ataman, or bully, and this I was not willing to do.

The title of “ataman” or “hetman of all the Cossacks” is held by the Cesarevitch.

They live there in dirty little cabins and underground caves, a close community with its ataman and common funds.

But Sinbad, being a man of humane temper, thinks that the sport has gone far enough, and appeals to the ataman to stop it.

The decision maker turned out to be a gray-haired Cossack ataman, or commander, in a traditional sheepskin hat.

If I had not entered into conversation with the ataman, we should have been riddled with balls at the first movement.

In a moment we found ourselves surrounded by them, while a path in front was stopped by the ataman.

The common saying, "Bear patiently, Cossack; you will one day be ataman!"

The younger is the ataman himself; the elder is his father, an old soldier of the first campaigns of Nicholas.

If he is successful he takes the ataman place, and holds it until some one else dislodges him.

Word Value for ataman
Scrable

8

Words with friends

10

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