стани́чник

nounmasculineanimatecountablerare

1.
inhabitant of a stanitsa, village Cossack, Cossack villagerhistory
Стани́чники собра́лись на пло́щади.
The village Cossacks gathered in the square.
A stanitsa (станица) is a Cossack village settlement in southern Russia.
2.
(rare) robber, brigand
Купцо́в на доро́ге огра́били стани́чники.
Brigands robbed the merchants on the road.
Archaic; from an older sense of станица 'band'.

Examples

Станичники собрались на площади ранним утром
The stanitsa residents gathered in the square early in the morning.
Старый станичник рассказывал детям истории о войне
The old stanitsa resident told the children stories about the war.
Станичники дружно вышли на сенокос
The stanitsa residents all went out to make hay together.