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Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
deset + -nik, literally "one who leads a group of ten".
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /děsetniːk/
- Hyphenation: de‧set‧nik
Noun
dèsetnīk m (Cyrillic spelling дѐсетнӣк)
- (military, army, Croatia) corporal
- Synonyms: (Serbia) desetar, (Bosnia) kaplar
- (military, navy, Croatia) petty officer second class
- (military, Ancient Rome) decurion
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