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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'boyar' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions boyar noun  (historical) A rank of aristocracy (second only to princes) in Russia, Bulgaria and Romania. 1997: Boris had abdicated in 889, leaving the throne of Bulgaria to his son Vladimir, who had immediately identified himself with the aristocracy which Boris had done his utmost to crush. " John Julius Norwich, A Short History of Byzantium (Penguin 1998, p. 159) Etymology: From Russian ÑÑ, plural of ÑÑ, perhaps from Slavic bol- "great", or perhaps related to Turkish boj "stature".        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Enter your search terms Submit search form   Web www.allwords.com Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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