| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | bo·yar |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  b -yär , boi r |
| NOUN: | A member of a class of higher Russian nobility that until the time of Peter I headed the civil and military administration of the country and participated in an early duma. | | ETYMOLOGY: | From boiaren, from Russian boyarin, from Old Russian boljarin, from Turkic baylar, pl. of bay, rich; akin to Turkish bay, rich, gentleman.
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