Haiduk: Meaning and Definition of

Hai•duk

Pronunciation: (hī'dook), [key]
— n.
  1. one of a class of mercenary soldiers in 16th-century Hungary.
  2. an outlaw who engaged in brigandage and irregular warfare against the Turks in the Slavic regions of the Ottoman Empire.
  3. a male servant or attendant dressed in semimilitary Hungarian costume.
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