boyars
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boyars, plural;
/bōˈyär/,
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boyars, plural;
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A member of the old aristocracy in Russia, next in rank to a prince
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- A boyar or bolyar (боляр or болярин, буй or боярин, боярин, boier, βογιάρος) was a member of the highest rank of the feudal Moscovian, Kievan Rusian, Bulgarian, Wallachian, and Moldavian aristocracies, second only to the ruling princes (in Bulgaria, tsars), from the 10th century through the 17th ...
- (Boyar (caste)) A boyar, also spelled boya, meaning Hunter or Warrior, denotes the leader of a group or head of a territory. Boya is called a Boyar in Tamil Nadu. ...
- (boyar) A rank of aristocracy (second only to princes) in Russia, Bulgaria and Romania
- (Boyar) Rus. dignitary, a rich landowner
- (boyar) (Russia) a member of Russian nobility.
- (boyar) A hereditary nobleman in Muscovy (q.v.) and the early Russian Empire (q.v.).
- (boyar) Between the tenth and seventeenth centuries, a member of the upper level of the nobility and state administration in Kievan Rus' and Muscovy. Abolished as a class by Peter the Great.