esaul
esaul noun: the head of a group or unit of Cossacks.
Noun
esaul (plural esauls)
- The head of a group or unit of Cossacks.
- Some four months after this event, a smart Yesaul, at the head of a party of Kozaks, on the high road to Nishnei Novogorod perceives a poor fellow resting himself upon a bank.1833, The Foreign Quarterly Review, volume 11, page 394
- ‘There is no order in the Ukraine: the colonels and the esauls quarrel like dogs: there is no chief over them all.’1926, Nicolai Gogol, translated by Constance Garnett, A Terrible Revenge
Forms of esaul
| plural | esauls |
|---|---|
| alternative form | osaul |
| alternative form | yesaul |
Origin of esaul
From Russian есау́л (jesaúl), Ukrainian осаву́л (osavúl). Ultimately from Middle Mongol 札撒兀勒 (zhásāwùlè /ǰasa'ul/).
Questions about esaul
- What does esaul mean?
- Esaul means the head of a group or unit of Cossacks.
- What part of speech is esaul?
- Esaul is a noun.
- What is the plural of esaul?
- The plural of esaul is esauls.
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