Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The leader of an army; the title of certain rulers, particularly in Slavic countries; later, often in various countries, as in Poland, the head of an administrative division. as a province; in Moldavia and Wallachia, the former title of the princes; in Turkey, an inferior administrative official.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun See waywode.

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  • noun A local ruler or official in various parts of central and eastern Europe, especially early semi-independent rulers of Transylvania.
  • noun An administrative chief in modern Poland.

Etymologies

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Variously from a number of Slavic languages: Bulgarian войвода, Serbo-Croatian vòjvoda, Czech vojvoda, Polish wojewoda, all from Proto-Slavic *vojevoda.

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Examples

  • "They are the Shemitish mercenaries of Constantius, the Kothic voivode of the Free Companies."

    The Bloody Crown of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2003

  • "They are the Shemitish mercenaries of Constantius, the Kothic voivode of the Free Companies."

    The Bloody Crown Of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2003

  • The voivode laughed coolly, wiped the saliva from his gorget and reined his horse about.

    The Bloody Crown of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2003

  • The voivode laughed coolly, wiped the saliva from his gorget and reined his horse about.

    The Bloody Crown Of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2003

  • The voivode laughed coolly, wiped the saliva from his gorget and reined his horse about.

    The Conan Chronicles Howard, Robert E. 1989

  • 'They are the Shemitish mercenaries of Constantius, the Kothic voivode of the Free Companies.'

    The Conan Chronicles Howard, Robert E. 1989

  • The voivode laughed coolly, wiped the saliva from his gorget and reined his horse about.

    A Witch Shall Be Born Howard, Robert E. 1975

  • ` They are the Shemitish mercenaries of Constantius, the Kothic voivode of the Free Companies. '

    A Witch Shall Be Born Howard, Robert E. 1975

  • Conan had been a guard captain in the service of Queen Taramis of Khauran until her throne was usurped by the witch Salome, leagued with Constantius the Falcon, the Kothic voivode of the Free Companies.

    Conan the Wanderer Howard, Robert E. 1974

  • Flandry favored the latter course -- the voivode only, and a secret word to the Gospodar.

    A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1974

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