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noun 
  1. (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".

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