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voisko

voisko noun: a self-governing administrative community of Cossacks in the Russian Empire.

Noun

voisko (plural voiskos)

  1. (historical) A self-governing administrative community of Cossacks in the Russian Empire.
    • n the latter two cases, the problem of finding people to fill out the voiskos was solved partly by the transfer of Cossacks from the Don, Orenburg and Zabaikal voiskos.1987, Robert H. McNeal, Tsar And Cossack 1855-1914, page 21
    • The voiskos demanded more and more concessions – both economic and political – as the price of their military service.1996, Orlando Figes, A People's Tragedy, Folio Society, published 2013, page 66

Forms of voisko

pluralvoiskos

Origin of voisko

From Russian войско (vojsko, “host, army”).

Questions about voisko

What does voisko mean?
Voisko means a self-governing administrative community of Cossacks in the Russian Empire.
What part of speech is voisko?
Voisko is a noun.
What is the plural of voisko?
The plural of voisko is voiskos.

Words near voisko in the dictionary

  1. VOIs
  2. Voisin
  3. Voisine
  4. Voisines
  5. Voisins
  6. voisko
  7. voiskos
  8. voissoir
  9. voissoirs
  10. Voit
  11. Voitel

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