cosaque — meaning in English

English meaning

• Cossack noun A member of a historically semi-independent warrior community from Eastern Europe, especially southern Russia and Ukraine.

Senses

cosaque is used for these senses in English:

• Cossack A member or descendant of an originally (semi-)nomadic population of Eastern Europe and the adjacent parts of Asia, formed in part of runaways from neighbouring countries, that eventually settled in parts of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Russian tsarist Empire and constituted a military caste, particularly in areas now comprising southern Russia and Ukraine.
• Cossack A member of a military unit (typically cavalry, originally recruited exclusively from the above).

Cossack — full definition

1. noun A member of a historically semi-independent warrior community from Eastern Europe, especially southern Russia and Ukraine.
2. noun A soldier serving in a Cossack military unit.