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- noun See
waywode .
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- noun Alternative form of
waywode .
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Examples
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The charge of this bridge was assigned to the Moldavian and Wallachian contingents, under the command of Scherban, waiwode of the latter province, and one of the most remarkable adventurers of the age.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843 Various
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He was forthwith joined by Stephen, waiwode of Moldavia, with great part of the Moldavian and Wallachian troops, who unexpectedly deserted the standards of the crescent; and, after several partial encounters, a general engagement took place, November 11, 1673, between the Polish army and the advanced divisions of the Ottomans under the serasker Hussein, pasha of
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843 Various
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The extirpation of Protestantism was another favourite object of Austrian policy: and the cruelties perpetrated with this view by George Basta and the other imperial generals at the beginning of the century was such, that a general rising took place under Stephen Boczkai, then waiwode of Transylvania,
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843 Various
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