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Definition: ATAMAN |
ATAMANNoun1. A hetman, or chief of the Cossacks. |
Etymology: Ataman \At"a*man\, noun. [Russ. ataman': compare to Pol. hetman, German hauptmann headman, chieftain. Compare to Hetman.]. (Websters 1913) |
Crosswords: ATAMAN |
| Etymologies containing "ATAMAN": Hetman. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "ATAMAN" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Romanian (chief fisherman). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Besstrashnyj ataman (1973) The Fearless Ataman (1961) Ataman Kodr (1958) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Salute to the ataman. Parade of Cossack artillery, passing the ataman or governor of the new Kuban, in south Russia. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "ATAMAN" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 80.00% of the time. "ATAMAN" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 80% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Noun (proper) | 20% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 5 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
ataman | 7 |
ataman semenov | 7 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "ATAMAN"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Russian | атаман (chieftain). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "ATAMAN": atamans. (additional references) | |
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"ATAMAN" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Aasman, agazan, ajalan, alaman, alamin, Aptamil, Aramoana, Ashelman, Ataba, Ataban, Atalan, atam, Atame, atavan, Ativan, atoma, atomon, Attavan, Atumba, Mattama, maxaman, Ntimana, taman, tasman, Watamu, Yatama. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "ATAMAN" (pronounced 'At"a*man'): Ahriman, Airman, Alderman, Almsman, Alongshoreman, Ariman, Artilleryman, Artsman, Assemblyman, Atman, Axman, Backwoodsman, Bagman, Bargeman, batsman, Bayman, Bellman, Billman, Boatsman, Bombardman, Bondman, BONDSMAN, Bookman, Bordman, Bosjesman, Brachman, Brakeman, Breakman, Bridesman, Briefman, Burman, Bushelman, Bushman, Butterman, Cabman, Canoeman, Carman, Cartman, Cavalryman, Cayman, Chairman, Chapman, Chessman, Chinaman, Churchman, Clansman, Classman, Clergyman, Coachman, Coffeeman. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-m-n-t" | |
-1 letter: atman, manat, manta. | |
-2 letters: anta, atma, mana. | |
-3 letters: ama, ana, ant, man, mat, nam, tam, tan. | |
-4 letters: aa, am, an, at, ma, na, ta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-a-m-n-t" | |
+1 letter: adamant, amanita, atamans, maranta. | |
+2 letters: adamants, amanitas, amaranth, anathema, marantas, tamandua. | |
+3 letters: adamantly, adenomata, amaranths, anathemas, angiomata, attackman, catamaran, catamenia, dalmatian, harmattan, inamorata, mandatary, manganate, manhattan, manzanita, paramenta, phantasma, samaritan, tamanduas. | |
+4 letters: adamantine, amantadine, anabaptism, analemmata, anastigmat, anathemata, anatomical, antianemia, antiasthma, catamarans, catamenial, dalmatians, gametangia, hamantasch, harmattans, inamoratas, manganates, manhattans, manzanitas, melanomata, paramagnet, phantasmal, samaritans, syntagmata, xanthomata. | |
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