boyar

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English

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Etymology

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Russian boyars (16-17th century)

From Russian боя́ре (bojáre), plural of боя́рин (bojárin).

Pronunciation

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɔɪɑː/, /ˈbəʊjɑː/, /bəʊˈjɑː/
  • Rhymes: -ɑː

Noun

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boyar (plural boyars)

  1. (historical) A member of a rank of aristocracy (second only to princes) in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Serbia and Romania.
    • 1997, John Julius Norwich, A Short History of Byzantium, Penguin, published 1998, page 159:
      Boris had abdicated in 889, leaving the throne to his son Vladimir, who had immediately identified himself with the boyar aristocracy which Boris had done his utmost to crush.
    • 2007, John Darwin, After Tamerlane, Penguin, published 2008, page 68:
      A long series of wars was fought in the sixteenth century to keep Polish influence at bay in the West Russian lands, and prevent it from seducing Muscovy's restless boyars, the warrior-barons whose independence the grand dukes were determined to crush.
    • 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 514:
      some of his family looked to Orthodox Christianity to sustain them, and not only many of his boyars but most of his subjects were Orthodox Christians.

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Nyunga

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Adjective

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boyar

  1. amorous, full of love

References

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Spanish

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Etymology

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From boya +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /boˈʝaɾ/ [boˈʝaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /boˈʃaɾ/ [boˈʃaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /boˈʒaɾ/ [boˈʒaɾ]

  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: bo‧yar

Verb

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boyar (first-person singular present boyo, first-person singular preterite boyé, past participle boyado)

  1. (intransitive) to float

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