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Shevchenko

Shevchenko

1 8.7
A Ukrainian poet, writer, and artist who became a national figure in the 1800s
  • proper noun
: Shevchenko
  • In the words of the great Ukrainian poet Tara Shevchenko, you have broken your heavy chains and join the family of the free.
  • Shevchenko is a Ukrainian

In the words of the great Ukrainian poet Tara Shevchenko, you have broken your heavy chains and join the family of the free.

Examples

  • Marva and her chief science officer, Viktor Shevchenko, were meticulous to a fault.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • "Together we will enter into exciting new ventures, such as commercial launch cooperation," President Clinton said in a May 12 address at Kiev's Shevchenko University.

    Academic text (1996)

  • What is means is that Andriy Shevchenko must score.

    One Night in Istanbul (2014)

  • There'll be no second chances if Shevchenko misses.

    One Night in Istanbul (2014)

  • The creators of the movement are Oksana, Anna Hutsol, and Sasha Shevchenko.

    Blog text (13)

  • Gen. Sergei Shevchenko, deputy commander for education in the Russian Air Force, says that only a quarter of Air Force conscripts are fit to be entrusted with weapons.

    Academic text (2010)

  • This is contingent on our ability to have a replacement ready (can you say, Shevchenko?), but he's entirely too hot and cold to depend on anymore.

    Blog text (30)

  • And also, the best footballer of Europe, Andrey Shevchenko, world-wide boxer, Vitalij Klichko.

    Blog text (29)

  • At the time of the coup or soon after, the American government had access to this information from at least two sources: Arkady Shevchenko, the Soviet Undersecretary General of the United Nations, who had been passing information to the Central Intelligence Agency, and a June 1978 South African Military Intelligence document discussing the coup attempt and its aftermath.

    Academic text (1992)

  • Taras Shevchenko is celebrated for his impactful poems that inspired a nation.

Synonyms

Taras Shevchenko
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1 8.7

A Ukrainian poet and artist seen as the national poet of Ukraine

focuses on cultural fame and national significance rather than political role

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Shevchenko comes from the Ukrainian word shevets meaning 'shoemaker' plus the ending -enko meaning 'son of' or 'little', so it originally meant 'son of a shoemaker'.