piastun

From piastować +‎ -un.

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• Rhymes: -astun
• Syllabification: pias‧tun

piastun m pers (female equivalent piastunka)

1. (literary) man who looks after children
2. (historical) in early medieval Poland, a high-ranking official responsible for the upbringing of royal children
3. (rare, obsolete) young boy whom one is caring for or raising

piastun m animal (female equivalent piastunka)

1. (hunting) male bear cub under the care of his mother
2. (hunting) male wolf that watches over his pack's cubs while their parents are hunting

piastun m inan

1. (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) stake used to hold up young trees

• piastun in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• piastun in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Gustaw Pobłocki (1887) “piastun”, in Słownik kaszubski z dodatkiem idyotyzmów chełmińskich i kociewskich (in Polish), 2 edition, Chełmno, page 137