Voivode

Definitions

1. A local ruler or official in various parts of central and eastern Europe, especially early semi-independent rulers of Transylvania.
2. An administrative chief in modern Poland.

Equivalents

Examples

“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 manner of tortures, any man might devise against him[…].”

“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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