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הײַדאַמאַק
‘Ukrainian and Cossack insurgents against Polish rule, especially of the 17th and 18th c., known for massacring Jews’

הײַדאַמאַק
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דער
'Ukrainian and Cossack insurgents against Polish rule, especially of the 17th and 18th c., known for massacring Jews'

ETYMOLOGY

Ukrainian гайдамака, from Turkish haydamak 'brigand' - 'to drive away', hayda! (See הײַדאַ)