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posadnik

posadnik noun: a mayor in some East Slavic cities, towns, and oblasts.

Noun

posadnik (plural posadniks)

  1. (historical) a mayor in some East Slavic cities, towns, and oblasts.
  2. (historical, specifically) the mayor or leader of Novgorod and Pskov.

Forms of posadnik

pluralposadniks

Origin of posadnik

Borrowed from Russian поса́дник (posádnik).

Questions about posadnik

What does posadnik mean?
Posadnik means a mayor in some East Slavic cities, towns, and oblasts.
What part of speech is posadnik?
Posadnik is a noun.
What is the plural of posadnik?
The plural of posadnik is posadniks.

Words near posadnik in the dictionary

  1. posada
  2. posadas
  3. posadero
  4. Posadism
  5. Posadist
  6. posadnik
  7. posadniks
  8. posament
  9. posaments
  10. Posas
  11. Posases

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