boyar

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: bo=yar

CIDE DICTIONARY

boyar, n. [Russ. boiárin'.].

 A member of a Russian aristocratic order abolished by Peter the Great. Also, one of a privileged class in Roumania.  [1913 Webster]
" English writers sometimes call Russian landed proprietors boyars."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

boyar, n. hist. a member of the old aristocracy in Russia.

Etymology

Russ. boyarin grandee

ROGET THESAURUS

boyar

Nobility

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