hospodar

[ hos-puh-dahr ]

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

Origin of hospodar

1
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()-potĭ, hence cognate with Latin hospes (see host1), though d for t unexplained

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hospodar

/ (ˈhɒspəˌdɑː) /


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

Origin of hospodar

1
C17: via Romanian from Ukrainian, from hospod' lord; related to Russian gospodin courtesy title, Old Slavonic gospodǐ lord

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