voivode
Syllables: voi·vode/ˈvɔɪˌvəʊd/US/ˈvɔɪˌvoʊd/
voivode noun: a local ruler or official in various parts of central and eastern Europe, especially early semi-independent rulers of Transylvania.
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
- Who was it but one of my own race who as Voivode crossed the Danube and beat the Turk on his own ground? This was a Dracula indeed!1897, Bram Stoker, “Jonathan Harker’s Journal—Continued”, in Dracula, New York, N.Y.: Modern Library, →OCLC, chapter III, page 32
- An administrative chief in modern Poland.
voivode meaning in Hindi
voivode in Hindi
- local ruler or official in various parts of central and eastern Europe
- वोयवोदा voyvodā
Forms of voivode
| plural | voivodes |
|---|---|
| alternative form | woiwode |
| alternative form | wojewoda |
| alternative form | woywode |
| alternative form | vaivode |
| alternative form | voevod |
| alternative form | voevoda |
| alternative form | voivod |
| alternative form | vojvoda |
| alternative form | vojvode |
| alternative form | voyevoda |
| alternative form | voyvoda |
| alternative form | voyvode |
| alternative form | voievod |
| alternative form | voevode |
| alternative form | voievode |
| alternative form | voyevode |
| alternative form | waivode |
| alternative form | wojewod |
| alternative form | vojvod |
Origin of voivode
Variously from a number of Slavic languages including Bulgarian войвода (vojvoda), Czech vojevoda, Polish wojewoda, Russian воево́да (vojevóda), and Serbo-Croatian vojvoda, војвода, all from Proto-Slavic *vojevoda (“army leader; duke; warlord”).
Words formed from voivode
Questions about voivode
- What does voivode mean?
- Voivode means a local ruler or official in various parts of central and eastern Europe, especially early semi-independent rulers of Transylvania.
- What is voivode in Hindi?
- Voivode in Hindi is वोयवोदा (voyvodā). See Voivode meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is voivode?
- Voivode is a noun.
- How do you pronounce voivode?
- Voivode is pronounced /ˈvɔɪˌvəʊd/ (UK).
- What is the plural of voivode?
- The plural of voivode is voivodes.
Words near voivode in the dictionary
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