Uskoks
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The Uskoks (Template:Lang-hr, Template:IPA-sh, singular: Template:Lang; names in other languages) were irregular soldiers in Habsburg Croatia that inhabited areas on the eastern Adriatic coast and surrounding territories during the Ottoman wars in Europe. Etymologically, the word uskoci itself means "the ones who jumped in" ("the ones who ambushed") in Croatian. Bands of Uskoks fought a guerrilla war against the Ottomans, and they formed small units and rowed swift boats. Since the uskoks were checked on land and were rarely paid their annual subsidy, they resorted to acts of piracy.
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Notable uskoci
- Krsto Delišimunović
- Stojan Janković
- Petar Kružić
- Ivan Lenković
- Petar Mrkonjić
- Mickael Radic, Prince of Senj, 1600
- Ivo Senjanin
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