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bol'shaks

bol'shaks is the plural of bol'shak.

Meaning of bol'shak

Noun

bol'shak (plural bol'shaks)

  1. (historical) The head of a Russian peasant household; a family patriarch.
    • If the bol'shak mismanaged the family farm, or was too often drunk and violent, the commune could replace him under customary law with another household member.1996, Orlando Figes, A People's Tragedy, Folio Society, published 2013, page 112

Questions about bol'shaks

What is bol'shaks the plural of?
Bol'shaks is the plural of bol'shak.

Words near bol'shaks in the dictionary

  1. Boky
  2. Bokyi
  3. Boké
  4. bol
  5. bol'shak
  6. bol'shaks
  7. Bol.
  8. bola
  9. bolaamphiphile
  10. bolaamphiphiles
  11. bolaamphiphilic

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