Boiarin
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Alternative form of boyar. alt-of, alternative
"And taking counſell with the Boiarins, at that time remayning with Suiskey [i.e., Vasili IV Ivanovich Shuisky] in the chiefe Citie, we ſent our Meſſengers to his Maieſtie at that time, being at Smolensko, viz. Michael Salticoue, and others, requeſting that his Maieſtie would grant vs his Sonne to be our Lord. […] How the Boiarins handled other Gentlemen, and principall perſons of the Ruſſe Religion, although more inclined vnto them: but eſpecially the Officers and Seruants of the Wors, as alſo ſuch as had fled over."
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More examples"And taking counſell with the Boiarins, at that time remayning with Suiskey [i.e., Vasili IV Ivanovich Shuisky] in the chiefe Citie, we ſent our Meſſengers to his Maieſtie at that time, being at Smolensko, viz. Michael Salticoue, and others, requeſting that his Maieſtie would grant vs his Sonne to be our Lord. […] How the Boiarins handled other Gentlemen, and principall perſons of the Ruſſe Religion, although more inclined vnto them: but eſpecially the Officers and Seruants of the Wors, as alſo ſuch as had fled over."
Etymology
From Russian боя́рин (bojárin).
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