vayvoda
vayvoda is the dated form of voivode.
Meaning of voivode
Noun
voivode (plural voivodes)
- A local ruler or official in various parts of central and eastern Europe, especially early semi-independent rulers of Transylvania.
- George Sechell[…], having been defeated in a battle by the Vayvoda of Transylvania, and taken Prisoner, was for three days together tied naked to a wooden horse, exposed to all manner of tortures, any man might devise against him[…].1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 27, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC
- An administrative chief in modern Poland.
Forms of vayvoda
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Questions about vayvoda
- What is vayvoda the dated form of?
- Vayvoda is the dated form of voivode.
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