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bo⋅yar

  [boh-yahr, boi-er]
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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.
Also, bo⋅yard  [boh-yahrd, boi-erd] .

Origin:
1585–95; earlier boiaren < Russ boyárin, akin to OCS bolyarinŭ (translating Gk megistán man of high status), Bulg bolyár(in); of disputed orig.

Related forms:
bo⋅yar⋅ism, bo⋅yard⋅ism, noun
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boyar 
1591, "member of a Rus. aristocratic class (abolished by Peter the Great)," from Rus. boyarin, perhaps from boji "struggle," or from O.Slav. root bol- "great."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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