strelets

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian стреле́ц (streléc).

Noun

strelets (plural streltsy)

  1. (historical) A unit of Russian guardsmen from the 16th to the early 18th centuries, armed with a firearm.

Further reading

Anagrams
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.