boyar
noun
a member of the old nobility of Russia, before Peter the Great made rank dependent on state service.
boyard
-
a variation of
boyar.
Example Sentences
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Menzikoff took the basket, and drawing from his bosom a draft for 8000 roubles, and emptying his own purse, passed the basket to his neighbor the boyard.
From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 by Various
AJ, EJ, OJ, UJ, resemble the sound heard in the French words "paille," "oseille," "boyard," "fouille," and AŬ is heard in the German word "Haus."
From The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary by George Cox
Often you will see them trembling with fear, lest a boyard should know what they have to sell.
From The Story of Russia by R. Van Bergen
"Your look braves and menaces me," thundered the Czar, beside himself, and shaking his fist towards the boyard.
From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 by Various
The astonishment of the boyard was great He attempted to speak.
From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 by Various
