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boiar

boiar is the alternative form of boyar.

Meaning of boyar

Noun

boyar (plural boyars)

  1. (historical) A member of a rank of aristocracy (second only to princes) in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Serbia and Romania.
    • Boris had abdicated in 889, leaving the throne to his son Vladimir, who had immediately identified himself with the boyar aristocracy which Boris had done his utmost to crush.1997, John Julius Norwich, A Short History of Byzantium, Penguin, published 1998, page 159
    Synonyms:
    barin

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Forms of boiar

pluralboiars

Questions about boiar

What is boiar the alternative form of?
Boiar is the alternative form of boyar.

Words near boiar in the dictionary

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  10. boiarins
  11. Boiarka

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