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{{Infobox surname
|name = Sedlák
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|pronunciation =
|meaning = Old Bohemian (Old Czech) for 'farmer who owns his own land' with the Indo-European raoot '''sed-''' 'to sit, stay'
|region = Czech Republic (Bohemia and Moravia), Slovakia
|languageorigin = West Slavic (Czech, Slovak)
|variant = [[Sedláček]] (diminutive form)
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'''Sedlák''' (feminine: '''Sedláková''') is a [[Czech language|Czech]] surname, which means a 'peasant farmer' or '[[Serfdom#Freemen|freeman]] farmer' who was relatively wealthy and owned his own land.<ref>''Dictionary of American Family Names''. [http://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=sedlak "Sedlak Family History"], Oxford University Press, 2013. Retrieved on 17 January 2016.</ref>
== People ==
* [[Adam Sedlák]] (born 1991), Czech ice hockey player
* [[Anthony Sedlak]] (1983–2012), Canadian chef
* [[Borek Sedlák]] (born 1981), Czech ski jumper
* [[David Sedlak]], American environmental engineer
* [[Gabriela Sedláková]] (born 1968), Czech athlete
* [[Jan Sedlák]] (born 1994), Czech footballer
* [[Justin Sedlák]] (born 1955), Slovak basketball player
* [[Kateřina Sedláková]] (born 1990), Czech basketball player
* [[Lukáš Sedlák]] (born 1993), Czech ice hockey player
* [[Martin Sedlák]] (born 2000), Czech footballer
* [[Miroslav Sedlák]] (born 1993), Slovak footballer
* [[Nikola Sedlak]] (born 1983), Serbian chess grandmaster
* [[Oldřich Sedlák]] (1922–1985), Czech ice hockey player
* [[Pavol Sedlák]] (born 1979), Slovak footballer
* [[Pavol Sedlak (volleyball)]], Slovak volleyball player
* [[Tomáš Sedlák]] (born 1983), Slovak footballer
* [[Vítězslav Sedlák]] (born 1991), Czech darts player
* [[Włodzimierz Sedlak]] (1911–1993), Polish biochemist
* [[Zdeněk Sedlák]] (born 1974), Czech ice hockey player
==References==
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==See also==
* {{intitle|Sedlak}}
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