Home › Words › H › hajdukhajdukhajduk · name — A surname from Polish.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyBorrowed from Polish Hajduk.nameA surname from Polish.nounAn outlaw, highwayman, or freedom fighter in the Balkans.A mercenary foot soldier in Hungary.A halberdier of a Hungarian noble.An attendant in German or Hungarian courts.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.uskok 61% match — A member of a group of irregular soldiers in Habsburg Croatia who inhabited the eastern Adriatic coast and surrounding territories during the Ottoman wars in Europe, and fought a guerrilla war against the Ottomans. vs hajduk →banditti 58% match — Robbers or outlaws. vs hajduk →brigand 58% match — An outlaw or bandit. vs hajduk →hussar 57% match — A member of the national cavalry of Hungary, Croatia and Poland. vs hajduk →balkaner 56% match — A person from the Balkans. vs hajduk →hobilar 56% match — An English medieval light cavalryman. vs hajduk →pandour 55% match — One of a class of Croatian skirmishers serving in the Austrian army. vs hajduk →freebooter 55% match — An adventurer who pillages, plunders, or thieves privately or for compensation; or wages ad-hoc war on other nations, similar to mercenary; also a "freeboot". vs hajduk →