hetman
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At table's head sat Grandson Bernard, president of Gimbel Brothers, Inc. and present family hetman.
From Time Magazine Archive
The book began with Mandelstam's first arrest in 1934 for a poem that described the dictator as a tribal hetman savoring each death like a raspberry.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Cossacks were again in agreement with Moscow; but the Poles spared no effort to bring Yuri to their side, and they succeeded through the deposed hetman, Vygovski, who adhered to the Commonwealth so far.
From Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
An example in history is Konietspolski the grand hetman, who married a green girl, though he was older than you are.
From On the Field of Glory An Historical Novel of the Time of King John Sobieski by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
He may have been sent to the boundary of Silesia, or to the army of the grand hetman who is coming from Russia.
From On the Field of Glory An Historical Novel of the Time of King John Sobieski by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
There are no hetmans in the Billevich family, but there are also no traitors!
From The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
Two days before the coming of the king and the hetmans, Sapyeha arranged his most splendid feast, for he was rejoiced that all the troops were coming, and that the siege would begin in earnest.
From The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
Pan Grothus says that if there is war the troops will move first under the hetmans, and the king will join them at Cracow--perhaps then--perhaps we shall go together.
From On the Field of Glory An Historical Novel of the Time of King John Sobieski by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
The king himself was with the army, but all could see him very clearly on the height at some distance, among hetmans and generals, where he produced the impression of a giant on horseback.
From On the Field of Glory An Historical Novel of the Time of King John Sobieski by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
"Except Sapyeha, Gosyevski, Charnyetski, and the hetmans of the crown," answered Kharlamp.
From The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
