boyar

  • 11BOYAR, LOUIS H. — BOYAR, LOUIS H. (1898–1976), U.S. real estate developer and philanthropist. Boyar, born in San Francisco, resided in Los Angeles from 1934. He was a pioneer of large scale home building and community planning in Los Angeles after World War II.… …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • 12Boyar (caste) — Infobox caste caste name=Boyar classification= Warriors, and Peasants. subdivisions=Multiple populated states=South India languages=Regional Languages religions=HinduismA boyar , also spelled boya ( = Hunter) is the name of a caste. A leader of a …

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  • 13Boyar hat — Moscow Girl in the 17 century by Andrei Ryabushkin, 1903. Shows a girl wearing gorlatnaya hat and a muff. The boyar hat (Russian: боярская шапка, more correct Russian name is горлатная шапка, gorlatnaya hat) was a fur hat worn by Russian nobility …

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  • 14boyar — also boyard noun Etymology: Russian boyarin Date: 1591 a member of a Russian aristocratic order next in rank below the ruling princes until its abolition by Peter the Great …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 15boyar — Sinónimos: ■ flotar, sobrenadar, nadar, emerger Antónimos: ■ hundirse, sumergirse …

    Diccionario de sinónimos y antónimos

  • 16Boyar —    A member of the military aristocracy in Bulgaria or in Kievan Rus (qq.v.). Six great boyars advised the khan (q.v.) in Bulgaria. In Kievan Rus, boyars served in a prince s entourage and constituted his council …

    Historical dictionary of Byzantium

  • 17boyar —    (boy YAHR) [Russian] In Russia and other Slavic countries before Peter the Great, a member of the old nobility or privileged class.    In the traditional Russian bylina, or folk epic, a dashing warrior in shining armor rescues the good Czar… …

    Dictionary of foreign words and phrases

  • 18boyar — [ bɔɪα:(r), bəʊ jα:] noun a member of the former aristocracy in Russia, next in rank to a prince. Origin C16: from Russ. boyarin grandee …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 19Boyar — [Bojar] ♦ A member of the military landed aristocracy in Bulgaria. The term was also used in Russia. (Fine, John V.A. Jr. The Late Medieval Balkans, 622) …

    Medieval glossary

  • 20boyar — bo·yar …

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