Kosak

Kosak (plural Kosaks)

1. Obsolete form of Cossack.

• As a Polish, Lower Sorbian (Kósak), Czech and Slovak surname, variant of Kós, surname meaning "blackbird," from Proto-Slavic *kosъ, and Kosa, meaning "scythe." The Sorbian forms are sometimes Germanized as Kossack or in some cases Kozak.
• Also as a Czech surname, from košák (“beehive”), itself formed from koš (“basket”).
• As a Slovene surname, from koščak (“kind of nut tree”), probably from kost (“bone”). Compare Koschak.
• As a Serbo-Croatian surname, from košak (“basket”).

Compare Kosack.

Kosak (plural Kosaks)

1. A surname.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Kosak is the 37391^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 596 individuals. Kosak is most common among White (94.13%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kosak”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 340.

• Koška, kokas, okkas

• Kosake

From Old East Slavic козакъ (kozakŭ), through older Russian козак (kozak) and/or Polish kozak. See English Cossack for more.

• IPA^(key): /koˈzak/

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Kosak m (weak, genitive Kosaken, plural Kosaken, feminine Kosakin)

1. (historical) Cossack (male or of unspecified gender)
   • 1783, Gen. Henry Humphrey Evans Lloyd, translated by Maj. Georg Friedrich Ludwig Tempelhof, Geſchichte des ſiebenjährigen Krieges in Deutſchland zwiſchen dem Könige von Preußen und der Kaiſerin Königin mit ihren Alliirten [History of the Seven Years’ War in Germany between the King of Prussia and the Empress-Queen and her allies], Erſter Theil, welcher die Feldzüge von 1756 und 1757 enthält. [First part, which contains the campaigns of 1756 and 1757.], Berlin: Johann Friedrich Unger, Ⅻ. Anmerkung. Schlacht bei Jägerndorf. [XII^th Annotation. Battle of Jägerndorf.], page 339:

     Gleich nach ſeiner Ankunft in dieſem Lager rekognoſzirte der Feldmarſchall Lehwald den Feind mit einer kleinen Bedekkung, konnte aber von dem Lager der großen Armee nichts entdekken, nur etliche Koſaken Läger wurde er gewahr.

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