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

- ministers. In cyclical reports, the voivodes informed among other things, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and other voivodes about the public mood and actions...
- this remote region. Thus the voivodes were never autonomous, but remained provincial officials of the kings. The voivodes were heads of Fehér County from...
- 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...
- -jə-/; Romanian: Vlad Drăculea [ˈdrəkule̯a]; 1428/31 – 1476/77), was Voivode of Wallachia three times between 1448 and his death in 1476/77. He is often...
- Olt River save the lands ruled by two Vlach voivodes, Litovoi and Seneslau. Although the duties of a voivode and of a knez sometimes overlapped, or, more...
- A list of politicians occupying the seat of voivodes in the Third Republic of Poland from the introduction of a new territorial division of Poland into...
- up voivode, voivod, voivoda, voyevoda, or vojvoda in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Look up wojewoda in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Voivode is...
- Ludza (Lucyn), Krustpils (Kreutzburg). The seat of the voivode was Wenden (Cēsis). The voivodes were as follow: 1598–1602 Jürgen von Farensbach 1602–1602...
- however, were considered to be lesser dignitaries than the Voivodes. The power of the Voivodes had declined since that title had been introduced about the...
- was one of the so-called fictitious titles (Polish: urzad fikcyjny). The voivodes of Dorpat Voivodeship: 1. Ernst Magnus Dönhoff 2. Piotr Tryzna 3. Jan Zawadzki...