(in the Cossack cavalry)

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• Cossack — I. /ˈkɒsæk/ (say kosak) noun one of a people of northern Asia, now living mainly in the coastal areas of the Black and Azov seas, noted historically as horsemen or light cavalry. {Russian kazak, from Turkish quzzāq adventurer, freebooter} II.… …