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: ''This article is about a social pattern in the Balkans. For the hockey player see Milan Hejduk . For football club see Hajduk Split .'' Hajduk or '''haiduk''' or '''haiduc''' is a term most commonly referring to Outlaw s, Highwaymen or Freedom Fighter s in the Balkans . Forms of the word in various languages include ''haiduc'' ( Romanian ), ''хајдук/hajduk'' ( Serbian ), ''hajduk'' ( Croatian ), ''хайдут (haidut)'' ( Bulgarian ), ''aiducco'' ( Italian ), ''haïdouk'' ( French ), ''haydut'' ( Turkish ). In Balkan folkloric tradition, the ''hajduk'' (''hajduci'' or ''haiduci'' in the plural) is a romanticised hero figure who steals from, and leads his fighters into battle against, the Ottoman oppressors. In short, they are seen as a local variety of Robin Hood and his merry men, who steal from the rich (which in the case of the ''hajduci'' happened to be also foreign Occupant s) and gives to the poor, while carrying a small guerilla war against an injust authority. In reality, the ''hajduci'' of the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries were as much guerilla fighters against the Ottoman rule as they were bandits and highwaymen who preyed not only on Ottomans and their local representatives, but also on local merchants and travellers. However, most of the ''hajduci'' did follow a moral code which forbade robbing the poor and motiveless murder. Those who didn't, were no longer referred to as ''hajduci'' by the local population, but were called simply ''bandits''. The actual origin of the word ''hajduk'' is unclear. One theory is that hajduk was derived from the Turkish word ''haydut'', which was originally used by the Ottomans to refer to Hungarian Infantry Soldiers . Another theory suggests that the word comes from the Hungarian ''hajtó'' (plural ''hajtók''), meaning a (cattle) drover. The Serbian leader Hajduk Veljko and the football teams Hajduk Kula , and Hajduk Sa Liona , Croatia n football team Hajduk Split , the Romanian band Taraful Haiducilor and the pop-music project Haiducii are all named after the haiduci. The surname of actress Stacy Haiduk is likewise derived from this word. In modern times, the term ''haiduci'' was used by the Romania n Resistance Movement Haiducii Muscelului , between 1947 and 1959 , which opposed the Soviet occupation and the Communist Government . The soccer team Hajduk Split from Croatia founded in 1911 has always been popular across the former Yugoslavia. As a result many new teams with this name were formed. In Serbia new clubs such as Hajduk Kula and Hajduk Beograd were formed by Croatain immigrants in Serbia and Serbian locals as they were fans of Hajduk Split. Today there are over 300 teams with the name Hajduk all over the world and all share a link to Hajduk Split who was the first to use that name. Famous Serbian hajduk Famous Croatian hajduks
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