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