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.

Translations

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

Belarusian: страле́ц m (straljéc) Bulgarian: стреле́ц m (streléc) Russian: стреле́ц (ru) m (streléc) Ukrainian: стріле́ць m (strilécʹ)

Further reading

• strelets on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Stelters, Stetlers, settlers, sterlets, trestles