English Dictionary: Boyar | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Boyar \Bo*yar"\, Boyard \Bo*yard"\, n. [Russ. boi[a0]rin'.] A member of a Russian aristocratic order abolished by Peter the Great. Also, one of a privileged class in Roumania. Note: English writers sometimes call Russian landed proprietors boyars. |