boiar

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A form of boyar — 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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Meanings

nounboiar (plural boiars)

plural boiars

  1. alternativeAlternative form of boyar.
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    “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!”

    2010, Richard Wortman, “[Fedor] Solntsev, [Alexey] Olenin, and the Development of a Russian National Aesthetic”, in Cynthia Hyla Whittaker, editor, Visualizing Russia: Fedor Solntsev and Crafting a National Past (Russian History and Culture; 4), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 40

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Boria
Cite this entry
APA

boiar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boiar

MLA

“boiar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boiar. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “boiar,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boiar.

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