voisko

English

Etymology

From Russian войско (vojsko, “host, army”).

Noun

voisko (plural voiskos)

  1. (now historical) A self-governing administrative community of Cossacks in the Russian Empire.
    • 1996, Orlando Figes, A People's Tragedy, Folio Society 2013, p. 66:
      The voiskos demanded more and more concessions – both economic and political – as the price of their military service.

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