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strelets

strelets noun: a unit of Russian guardsmen from the 16th to the early 18th centuries, armed with a firearm.

Noun

strelets (plural streltsy)

  1. (historical) A unit of Russian guardsmen from the 16th to the early 18th centuries, armed with a firearm.

Forms of strelets

pluralstreltsy

Origin of strelets

Borrowed from Russian стреле́ц (streléc).

Questions about strelets

What does strelets mean?
Strelets means a unit of Russian guardsmen from the 16th to the early 18th centuries, armed with a firearm.
What part of speech is strelets?
Strelets is a noun.
What is the plural of strelets?
The plural of strelets is streltsy.

Words near strelets in the dictionary

  1. Streisand effect
  2. Streisand effects
  3. Streisanded
  4. Streisanding
  5. Streisands
  6. strelets
  7. Strelitz
  8. Strelitzes
  9. Strelitzi
  10. strelitzia
  11. strelitziaceous

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