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Webster 1913 Edition


Starost

Star′ost

(stăr′ŏst)
,
Noun.
[Pol.
starosta
, from
stary
old.]
A nobleman who possessed a starosty.
[Poland]

Webster 1828 Edition


Starost

STAROST

,
Noun.
In Poland, a feudatory; one who holds a fief.

Definition 2024


starost

starost

English

Noun

starost (plural starosts)

  1. (historical) A Polish nobleman who possessed a starosty.

Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

starost f

  1. concern, worry, anxiety
  2. sorrow

Declension

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /stâroːst/
  • Hyphenation: sta‧rost

Noun

stȁrōst f (Cyrillic spelling ста̏ро̄ст)

  1. age
  2. old age

Declension


Slovene

Etymology

From stàr + -ost.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstàːrɔst/, /staˈróːst/
  • Tonal orthography: stárost, starọ̑st

Noun

stárost or staróst f (genitive stárosti or starósti, uncountable)

  1. old age

Declension