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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They declared in favor of war, and a boyard was sent to Kief to receive the oath of allegiance.
From The Story of Russia by R. Van Bergen
It is the daughter of the boyard Tscherkaski!
From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 by Various
He was of an old boyard family, and was educated at Jassy, Athens, and Paris.
From Roumania Past and Present by James Samuelson
"Ah, I thought there was something behind our boyard!"
From Phantom Wires A Novel by Arthur William Brown
The remainder up to two-thirds of the estate went as a gift, with full proprietorship; to the boyard.
From The Balkans A History of Bulgaria—Serbia—Greece—Rumania—Turkey by Nevill Forbes
