hospodar

[ hos-puh-dahr ]

/ ˈhɒs pəˌdɑr /

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noun

a former title of governors or princes of Wallachia and Moldova.

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Origin of hospodar

1620–30; <Romanian <Ukrainian gospodár' literally, lord; compare Russian Church Slavonic gospodarĭ (cognate with Czech hospodář,Serbo-Croatian gospòdār), equivalent to gospodĭ lord + -arĭ noun suffix; gospodĭ perhaps <*gos(tĭ)-potĭ, hence cognate with Latin hospes (see host¹), though d for t unexplained

Words nearby hospodar

hospitalman, hospital pass, hospital ship, hospital train, hospitium, hospodar, host, hosta, hostage, host computer, hostel

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How to use hospodar in a sentence

The death of Elena in 1505, and of the Hospodar a year earlier, left the youth Dimitri in a forlorn and friendless condition.
The Rise of the Russian Empire|Hector H. Munro
He is (I believe at this time) the secretary to Milosh, the hospodar of Servia.
Servian Popular Poetry|John Bowring
He was succeeded as grand dragoman by his son John (Ioannes), who was for a short while hospodar of Moldavia, and died in 1720.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 8|Various
Russia merely reserved to herself the appointment of the first hospodar of each principality.
The Political History of England - Vol XI|George Brodrick

Sutsos, the Hospodar, at once handed over all the apparatus of government, and supplied the insurgents with a large sum of money.
History of Modern Europe 1972-1878|C. A. Fyffe

British Dictionary definitions for hospodar

hospodar

/ (ˈhɒspəˌdɑː) /

noun

(formerly) the governor or prince of Moldavia or Wallachia under Ottoman rule

Word Origin for hospodar

C17: via Romanian from Ukrainian, from hospod' lord; related to Russian gospodin courtesy title, Old Slavonic gospodǐ lord

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