Meanings
nounSokol (plural Sokols)
plural Sokols
- A Czech gymnastic society, once associated with Czech nationalism; a branch or member of this organisation.
Under the eyes of the authorities and the gendarmerie those Sokols were multiplying in the interior of the kingdom.
2002, Josepth Roth, translated by Michael Hofmann, The Radetsky March, Folio Society, published 2015, page 144
Origin
- Proto-Slavic*sokolъ“falcon”
- EnglishSokol
From several Slavic languages, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *sokolъ (“falcon”).
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