bo·yar (b -yär , boi r)n. A member of a class of higher Russian nobility that until the time of Peter I headed the civil and military administration of the country and participated in an early duma. [From boiaren, from Russian boyarin, from Old Russian boljarin, from Turkic baylar, pl. of bay, rich, Turkish bay, rich, gentleman.] |
boyar [ˈbəʊjɑː ˈbɔɪə]
n
(History / Heraldry) a member of an old order of Russian nobility, ranking immediately below the princes: abolished by Peter the Great
[from Old Russian boyarin, from Old Slavonic boljarinǔ, probably from Old Turkic boila a title]
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