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wataman

wataman is the alternative form of ataman.

Meaning of ataman

Noun

ataman (plural atamans)

  1. (historical) A title of Cossack and haidamak leaders of various kinds. The term was also used for the leader of a fisherman artel and of a band of robbers or thieves.

Forms of wataman

pluralwatamans

Questions about wataman

What is wataman the alternative form of?
Wataman is the alternative form of ataman.

Words near wataman in the dictionary

  1. Watabe
  2. Watabes
  3. Watagan
  4. watalappam
  5. watalappan
  6. wataman
  7. watamans
  8. Watanabe
  9. watanabeite
  10. Watanabes
  11. Watanobbi

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: wataman (page history and authors); ataman (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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