Definition of HETMAN

hetman

Plural: hetmans, hetmen

Noun

  • A historical title for a military or political leader in Eastern Europe.
  • A Cossack headman or general.
  • Title used by the second-highest military commander in Poland and Lithuania (15th to 18th century).

Examples

  • He felt like a true HETMAN, leading his tiles to victory on the Scrabble board.

Origin / Etymology

From Polish hetman, probably from Middle High German houbetman, heuptman (“commander”), from Old High German houbitman, from Proto-West Germanic *haubidamann. Compare modern German Hauptmann (“captain”), Haupt, Mann. The Polish e in hetman attests to a borrowing from an East Central German dialect, in which Middle High German -öu- gives -ē-. Doublet of head man.

Scrabble Score: 11

hetman: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
hetman: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
hetman: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

hetman: valid Words With Friends Word