hospodar

American  

[hos-puh-dahr] / ˈhɒs pəˌdɑr /

noun

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

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hospodar British  

/ ˈhɒspəˌdɑː /

noun

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

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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

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Example Sentences

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hospodar

They considered ponderous recondite synonyms for potentate, but at length rejected hospodar, beglerbeg and three-tailed bashaw as offensively obscure.

From Time Magazine Archive

Stephan, Instead of being "the Czar of all the Servian lands and coasts," became a mere hospodar, who must do as he was bid by his masters, the Turks.

From Servia, Youngest Member of the European Family or, A Residence in Belgrade and Travels in the Highlands and Woodlands of the Interior, during the years 1843 and 1844. by Andrew Archibald Paton

Semendria and other fortresses fell into their hands; and Kara George, by the unanimous voice of his countrymen, was declared hospodar or prince.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 364, February 1846 by Various

The lieutenant's party was increased considerably in Chigirin, for it was joined by a Wallachian embassy which the hospodar sent to Lubni in the person of Pan Rozvan Ursu.

From With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. by Henryk Sienkiewicz

Oh! certainly; pay a tribute to the Porte, and governed by a hospodar.

From Vivian Grey by Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield

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