📚 noun • entry_id 35512
voivode
/ˈvɔɪˌvəʊd/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
vaivoda • voevoda • voivoda
A local ruler or official in various parts of central and eastern Europe, especially early semi-independent rulers of Transylvania.
George Sechell[…], having been defeated in a battle by the Vayvoda of Transylvania, and taken Prisoner, was for three days together tied naked to a wooden horse, exposed to all man…
Who was it but one of my own race who as Voivode crossed the Danube and beat the Turk on his own ground? This was a Dracula indeed!
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