Definition of "heyduke" [heyduke]

• Alternative spelling of hajduk. (noun)

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• "At the arched entrance of the vaults stood a heyduke, with a moustache trimmed in three layers: the upper layer was trained backwards, the second straight forward, and the third downwards, which made him greatly resemble a cat."
• "“Why so much?” said the Jew, sadly, turning pale, and undoing his leather purse; but it was lucky that he had no more in it, and that the heyduke could not count over a hundred."
• "The heyduke twirled the lower tier of his moustache, and his eyes beamed."