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Webster 1913 Edition
Boyard
{
Bo-yar′
,Bo-yard′
, }Noun.
[Russ.
boiárin’
.] A member of a Russian aristocratic order abolished by Peter the Great. Also, one of a privileged class in Roumania.
☞ English writers sometimes call Russian landed proprietors boyars.
Definition 2024
boyard
boyard
English
Alternative forms
- boyar
- bolyard
Noun
boyard (plural boyards)
- A member of a Russian aristocratic order abolished by Peter the Great. Also, one of a privileged class in Romania.