Etymology

strelets

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Today it means: A unit of Russian guardsmen from the 16th to the early 18th centuries, armed with a firearm. Full definition →

Russian стреле́ц
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  1. Russian · borrowed fromстреле́ц
  2. English todaystrelets

Borrowed from Russian стреле́ц (streléc).

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