hetman

Example Sentences

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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 hetman walked some time with quick steps through the room and then stopped before the little knight.

From Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk

I will persuade Bogush to get an order from the hetman for me, that it will be easier for me to act on Krychinski from that place.

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