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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
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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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