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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian стреле́ц (streléc).
Noun
strelets (plural streltsy)
- (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
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