"boyar" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbɔɪɑː/ [UK], /ˈbəʊjɑː/ [UK], /bəʊˈjɑː/ [UK] Forms: boyars [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑː Etymology: From Russian боя́ре (bojáre), plural of боя́рин (bojárin). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ru|боя́ре}} Russian боя́ре (bojáre) Head templates: {{en-noun}} 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. Wikipedia link: boyar Tags: historical Categories (topical): History of Russia, Nobility Categories (place): Bulgaria, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Ukraine Synonyms: barin, boyard, bolyard Derived forms: boyardom, boyaress Translations (rank of aristocracy): բոյար (boyar) (Armenian), boyar (Azerbaijani), бая́рын (bajáryn) [masculine] (Belarusian), ба́рын (báryn) (english: a more modern term) [masculine] (Belarusian), боля́р (boljár) [masculine] (Bulgarian), боля́рин (boljárin) [masculine] (Bulgarian), боля́рец (boljárec) [masculine] (Bulgarian), boiar [masculine] (Catalan), 波雅爾 (Chinese Mandarin), 波雅尔 (bōyǎ'ěr) (Chinese Mandarin), болꙗринъ (boljarinŭ) [Cyrillic, masculine] (Church Slavic), bojar [masculine] (Czech), bárin [masculine] (Czech), bojaar [masculine] (Dutch), bojaar (Estonian), pajari (Finnish), boyard [masculine] (French), boïard [masculine] (French), barine [masculine] (French), barynia [feminine] (French), ბოიარინი (boiarini) (Georgian), Bojare [masculine] (German), βογιάρος (vogiáros) [masculine] (Greek), bojár (Hungarian), bajari (Ingrian), ボヤール (boyāru) (Japanese), 보야르 (boyareu) (Korean), бо́лјар (bóljar) [masculine] (Macedonian), бояринъ (bojarinŭ) [masculine] (Old East Slavic), بویار (boyar) (Ottoman Turkish), bojar [masculine] (Polish), bojarzyn [archaic, masculine] (Polish), boiardo [masculine] (Portuguese), boier [masculine] (Romanian), боя́рин (bojárin) [masculine] (Russian), боя́рыня (bojárynja) [feminine] (Russian), ба́рин (bárin) (english: a more modern term) [masculine] (Russian), ба́рыня (bárynja) [feminine] (Russian), бољарин [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), бољар [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), boljarin [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), boljar [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), bojar [masculine] (Slovak), бояр (boyar) (Southern Altai), boyardo [masculine] (Spanish), bojar [common-gender] (Swedish), boyar (Turkish), боя́рин (bojáryn) [masculine] (Ukrainian), буй (buj) [masculine] (Ukrainian), boyar (Uzbek), באָיאַרין (boyarin) [masculine] (Yiddish)
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          ],
          "word": "boljarin"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "rank of aristocracy",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "boljar"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "rank of aristocracy",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "bojar"
        },
        {
          "code": "alt",
          "lang": "Southern Altai",
          "roman": "boyar",
          "sense": "rank of aristocracy",
          "word": "бояр"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "rank of aristocracy",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "boyardo"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "rank of aristocracy",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "bojar"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "rank of aristocracy",
          "word": "boyar"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "bojáryn",
          "sense": "rank of aristocracy",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "боя́рин"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "buj",
          "sense": "rank of aristocracy",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "буй"
        },
        {
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "rank of aristocracy",
          "word": "boyar"
        },
        {
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "boyarin",
          "sense": "rank of aristocracy",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "באָיאַרין"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "boyar"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɔɪɑː/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbəʊjɑː/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bəʊˈjɑː/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑː"
    }
  ],
  "word": "boyar"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "boyardom"
    },
    {
      "word": "boyaress"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ru",
        "3": "боя́ре"
      },
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      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Russian боя́ре (bojáre), plural of боя́рин (bojárin).",
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    {
      "form": "boyars",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
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        "Bulgarian terms with redundant script codes",
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        "Pages with 3 entries",
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
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        "Terms with Armenian translations",
        "Terms with Azerbaijani translations",
        "Terms with Belarusian translations",
        "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
        "Terms with Catalan translations",
        "Terms with Czech translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Estonian translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Georgian translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Greek translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Ingrian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Korean translations",
        "Terms with Macedonian translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Old Church Slavonic translations",
        "Terms with Old East Slavic translations",
        "Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Romanian translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
        "Terms with Slovak translations",
        "Terms with Southern Altai translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
        "Terms with Turkish translations",
        "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
        "Terms with Uzbek translations",
        "Terms with Yiddish translations",
        "Ukrainian terms with redundant script codes",
        "en:Bulgaria",
        "en:History of Russia",
        "en:Nobility",
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        {
          "ref": "1997, John Julius Norwich, A Short History of Byzantium, Penguin, published 1998, page 159:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, John Darwin, After Tamerlane, Penguin, published 2008, page 68:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 514:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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        "(historical) A member of a rank of aristocracy (second only to princes) in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Serbia and Romania."
      ],
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        "historical"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "boyar"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɔɪɑː/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbəʊjɑː/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bəʊˈjɑː/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑː"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "barin"
    },
    {
      "word": "boyard"
    },
    {
      "word": "bolyard"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "boyar",
      "sense": "rank of aristocracy",
      "word": "բոյար"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "rank of aristocracy",
      "word": "boyar"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "bajáryn",
      "sense": "rank of aristocracy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "бая́рын"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "english": "a more modern term",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "báryn",
      "sense": "rank of aristocracy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ба́рын"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "boljár",
      "sense": "rank of aristocracy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "боля́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "boljárin",
      "sense": "rank of aristocracy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "боля́рин"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "boljárec",
      "sense": "rank of aristocracy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "боля́рец"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "rank of aristocracy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "boiar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "rank of aristocracy",
      "word": "波雅爾"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bōyǎ'ěr",
      "sense": "rank of aristocracy",
      "word": "波雅尔"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "rank of aristocracy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bojar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "rank of aristocracy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bárin"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "rank of aristocracy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bojaar"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "rank of aristocracy",
      "word": "bojaar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "rank of aristocracy",
      "word": "pajari"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "rank of aristocracy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "boyard"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "rank of aristocracy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "boïard"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "rank of aristocracy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "barine"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "rank of aristocracy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "barynia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "boiarini",
      "sense": "rank of aristocracy",
      "word": "ბოიარინი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "rank of aristocracy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Bojare"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "vogiáros",
      "sense": "rank of aristocracy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "βογιάρος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "rank of aristocracy",
      "word": "bojár"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "rank of aristocracy",
      "word": "bajari"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "boyāru",
      "sense": "rank of aristocracy",
      "word": "ボヤール"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "boyareu",
      "sense": "rank of aristocracy",
      "word": "보야르"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "bóljar",
      "sense": "rank of aristocracy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "бо́лјар"
    },
    {
      "code": "cu",
      "lang": "Church Slavic",
      "roman": "boljarinŭ",
      "sense": "rank of aristocracy",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "болꙗринъ"
    },
    {
      "code": "orv",
      "lang": "Old East Slavic",
      "roman": "bojarinŭ",
      "sense": "rank of aristocracy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "бояринъ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "boyar",
      "sense": "rank of aristocracy",
      "word": "بویار"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "rank of aristocracy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bojar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "rank of aristocracy",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bojarzyn"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "rank of aristocracy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "boiardo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "rank of aristocracy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "boier"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bojárin",
      "sense": "rank of aristocracy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "боя́рин"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bojárynja",
      "sense": "rank of aristocracy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "боя́рыня"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "a more modern term",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bárin",
      "sense": "rank of aristocracy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ба́рин"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bárynja",
      "sense": "rank of aristocracy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ба́рыня"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "rank of aristocracy",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "бољарин"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "rank of aristocracy",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "бољар"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "rank of aristocracy",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "boljarin"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "rank of aristocracy",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "boljar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "rank of aristocracy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bojar"
    },
    {
      "code": "alt",
      "lang": "Southern Altai",
      "roman": "boyar",
      "sense": "rank of aristocracy",
      "word": "бояр"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "rank of aristocracy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "boyardo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "rank of aristocracy",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "bojar"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "rank of aristocracy",
      "word": "boyar"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "bojáryn",
      "sense": "rank of aristocracy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "боя́рин"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "buj",
      "sense": "rank of aristocracy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "буй"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "rank of aristocracy",
      "word": "boyar"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "boyarin",
      "sense": "rank of aristocracy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "באָיאַרין"
    }
  ],
  "word": "boyar"
}

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