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noun
1.
Russian History. a member of the old nobility of Russia, before Peter the Great made rank dependent on state service.
2.
a member of a former privileged class in Romania.
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Boyard
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boyar
1590s, "member of a Russian aristocratic class (abolished by Peter the Great)," from Rus. boyarin, perhaps from boji "struggle," or from O.Slav. root bol- "great."
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