{ Bo‐yar″ (�), Bo‐yard″ (�), } n. [Russ. boiárin'.] A member of a Russian aristocratic order abolished by Peter the Great. Also, one of a privileged class in Roumania.
☞ English writers sometimes call Russian landed proprietors boyars.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.