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ushkuinik

ushkuinik noun: a medieval Novgorodian pirate who led a life similar to that of a Viking.

Noun

ushkuinik (plural ushkuiniks)

  1. A medieval Novgorodian pirate who led a life similar to that of a Viking.
    • Vasily tells his mother that he wants to travel to Jerusalem because the time has come for him to repent his earlier misdeeds, possibly an allusion to a life of fighting, killing, and robbery as a Viking-like ushkuinik.1998, James Bailey, Anthology Russian Folk Epics, M.E. Sharpe, page 319

Forms of ushkuinik

pluralushkuiniks

Origin of ushkuinik

Borrowed from Russian ушку́йник (uškújnik).

Questions about ushkuinik

What does ushkuinik mean?
Ushkuinik means a medieval Novgorodian pirate who led a life similar to that of a Viking.
What part of speech is ushkuinik?
Ushkuinik is a noun.
What is the plural of ushkuinik?
The plural of ushkuinik is ushkuiniks.

Words near ushkuinik in the dictionary

  1. ushing
  2. ushioni
  3. ushiromotare
  4. Ushkoff
  5. ushkovite
  6. ushkuinik
  7. ushkuiniks
  8. USHL
  9. ushnisha
  10. ushnishas
  11. Ushnishavijaya

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