Boyar Definition

bō-yär, boiər
boyars
noun
A member of a class of higher Russian nobility that until the time of Peter I headed the civil and military administration of the country and participated in an early duma.
American Heritage
A member of the privileged aristocracy in czarist Russia, ranking just below the ruling princes.
Webster's New World
A member of a class of higher Russian nobility that until the time of Peter I headed the civil and military administration of the country and participated in an early duma.
American Heritage
A member of the privileged aristocracy in Romania.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Boyar

Noun

Singular:
boyar
Plural:
boyars

Origin of Boyar

  • Alteration (influenced by French boyard) (from Russian boyarin) of Early Modern English boiaren from Russian boyarin from Old Russian bolyarinŭ from Old Church Slavonic probably from Bulgar Turkic (Turkic language of a Turkic tribe that settled in the Volga and Danube basins in the early Middle Ages ) boyla er noble man boyla Turkic nobleman of a rank below a khan (from Old Turkic) er, man Turkish er (from Old Turkic)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Alteration (influenced by French boyard) (from Russian boyarin) of Early Modern English boiaren from Russian boyarin from Old Russian bolyarinŭ from Old Church Slavonic probably from Bulgar Turkic (Turkic language of a Turkic tribe that settled in the Volga and Danube basins in the early Middle Ages ) boyla er noble man boyla Turkic nobleman of a rank below a khan (from Old Turkic) er, man Turkish er (from Old Turkic)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Russian бояре (bojáre), plural of боярин (bojárin).

    From Wiktionary

Boyar Sentence Examples

  • Equally friendly were the great boyar families.

  • He first asserted his power by literally throwing to the dogs the last of his boyar tyrants, and shortly afterwards announced his intention of assuming the title of tsar, a title which his father and grandfather had coveted but never dared to assume publicly.

  • At the end of the year Matvyeev was raised to the rank of okolnichy, and on the 1st of September 1674 attained the still higher dignity of boyar.

  • For disobedience to his orders he imprisoned a boyar who was his own brother-in-law, and he caused another to be beheaded for complaining that the boyar-council was not consulted in important affairs of state.

  • On his return to Russia he was created a boyar of the first class and entrusted with the direction of the foreign office, with the title of "Guardian of the great Tsarish Seal and Director of the great Imperial Offices."

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Words Starting With

BBOBOY

Words Ending With

RARYAR

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Words Starting With B and Ending With R

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