Definition of Voivodes. Meaning of Voivodes. Synonyms of Voivodes

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Definition of Voivodes

Voivode
Voivode Voi"vode, n. See Waywode. --Longfellow.
voivode
Waywode Way"wode, n. [Russ. voevoda, or Pol. woiewoda; properly, a leader of an army, a leader in war. Cf. Vaivode.] Originally, the title of a military commander in various Slavonic countries; afterwards applied to governors of towns or provinces. It was assumed for a time by the rulers of Moldavia and Wallachia, who were afterwards called hospodars, and has also been given to some inferior Turkish officers. [Written also vaivode, voivode, waiwode, and woiwode.]

Meaning of Voivodes from wikipedia

- powers and competences of the voivodes was reduced as some of their authority was transferred to the Voivodeship sejmik. Voivodes continue to have a role in...
- this remote region. Thus the voivodes were never autonomous, but remained provincial officials of the kings. The voivodes were heads of Fehér County from...
- Hungary, the use of the title voivode is do****ented primarily in the lands under the rule of the Hungarian kings. Vlach voivodes were first mentioned in 1247...
- Voivodes of Poland (since 1999) – list of politicians occupying the seat of voivodes in the Third Republic of Poland from the introduction of a new territorial...
- with voivode of Vilnius and Grand Chancellors for power and prestige. Voivodes were the ex officio members of the Lithuanian Council of Lords. Voivodes had...
- up voivode, voivod, voivoda, voyevoda, or vojvoda in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Look up wojewoda in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Voivode is...
- of Zaporizhian Cossacks. The governor of the voivodeship was voivode (List of voivodes of Kiev). In the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth the other two...
- official—before the Voivodes, too, lost significance to the Starostas. Polish historians, however, use Palatine (Palatyn) and Voivode (Wojewoda) synonymously...
- Bob Morane (French pronunciation: [bɔb mɔʁan]) is a series of adventure books in French, featuring an eponymous protagonist, created by French-speaking...
- Nowogródek Voivodeship can refer to: Nowogródek Voivodeship (1507–1795) in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Nowogródek Voivodeship (1919–1939) in the...