Boiar
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Boiar is a noun meaning Alternative form of boyar.
Meaning
Alternative form of boyar.
Example Sentences
“Our travelers,” he [Mikhail Pogodin] wrote, “were captivated only when the Russian spirit was realized before their eyes, when they saw the way our pretty Russian girls and our fine fellows (molodtsy) were dressed. They appeared before us in their grandfathers’ kaftans—staid boiars, majestic boiarins. What delight, what splendor, what variety, what beauty, what poetry!”
Word Forms
- boiars
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