hospodar
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
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 host 1), though d for t unexplained
Example Sentences
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They considered ponderous recondite synonyms for potentate, but at length rejected hospodar, beglerbeg and three-tailed bashaw as offensively obscure.
From Time Magazine Archive
Say,--what did the Prince Bibesco, Servia's grey old hospodar, In the Castle of Gradesco, By the town of Temesvar?
From Gaudeamus! Humorous Poems by Scheffel, Joseph Victor von
Russia merely reserved to herself the appointment of the first hospodar of each principality.
From The Political History of England - Vol XI From Addington's Administration to the close of William IV.'s Reign (1801-1837) by Brodrick, George C. (George Charles)
Moses Coën, in consequence of the Cossack uprising, escaped to Moldavia, and was made court physician by the hospodar Vassile Lupu.
From The Haskalah Movement in Russia by Raisin, Jacob S.
Oh! certainly; pay a tribute to the Porte, and governed by a hospodar.
From Vivian Grey by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield
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