ushkuinik
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Russian ушку́йник (uškújnik).
Noun
editushkuinik (plural ushkuiniks)
- A medieval Novgorodian pirate who led a life similar to that of a Viking.
- 1998, James Bailey, Anthology Russian Folk Epics, M.E. Sharpe, page 319:
- Vasily tells his mother that he wants to travel to Jerusalem because the time has come for him to repent his earlier misdeeds, possibly an allusion to a life of fighting, killing, and robbery as a Viking-like ushkuinik.