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vojevoda

vojevoda is the alternative form of voivode.

Meaning of voivode

Noun

voivode (plural voivodes)

  1. 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
  2. An administrative chief in modern Poland.

Forms of vojevoda

pluralvojevodas

Questions about vojevoda

What is vojevoda the alternative form of?
Vojevoda is the alternative form of voivode.

Words near vojevoda in the dictionary

  1. voivods
  2. voivodship
  3. voivodships
  4. voix céleste
  5. voix célestes
  6. vojevoda
  7. vojevodas
  8. vojevode
  9. vojevodes
  10. Vojimir
  11. Vojko

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