a former title of governors or princes of Wallachia and Moldavia.
Origin: 1620–30; < Romanian < Ukrainian gospodár' lit., lord; cf. Russ Church Slavonic gospodarĭ (c. Czech hospodář, Serbo-Croatian gospòdār), equiv. to gospodĭ lord + -arĭ n. suffix; gospodĭ perh. < *gos(tĭ)-potĭ, hence c. L hospes (see host1), though d for t unexplained
[hos-puh-dahr] 
