Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
voivode , etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun See
waywode .
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- noun Alternative form of
voivode .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Jeremy to be vaivode of Wallachia, whose tyranny caused the people to rise against him, and he fled into Moldavia.
The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner Charles Dudley Warner 1864
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He was succeeded in 1575 by his brother Christopher Battori, who was the first to drop the title of vaivode and assume that of Prince of Transylvania.
The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner Charles Dudley Warner 1864
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Sultan sent one Jeremy to be vaivode of Wallachia, whose tyranny caused the people to rise against him, and he fled into Moldavia.
Captain John Smith Charles Dudley Warner 1864
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Battori, who had the ill luck to be slain within the year by the vaivode of Valentia.
The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner Charles Dudley Warner 1864
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Transylvania, in fact, was a Turkish dependence, and it gives us an idea of the far reach of the Moslem influence in Europe, that Stephen VI., vaivode of Transylvania, was, on the commendation of
Captain John Smith Charles Dudley Warner 1864
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Bathor, was made vaivode by the Turks, and afterwards, as we have said,
Captain John Smith Charles Dudley Warner 1864
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The pension not being well paid, Sigismund made another resignation of his principality to his cousin Andrew Battori, who had the ill luck to be slain within the year by the vaivode of Valentia.
Captain John Smith Charles Dudley Warner 1864
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Battori, who was the first to drop the title of vaivode and assume that of Prince of Transylvania.
Captain John Smith Charles Dudley Warner 1864
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On the River Maruch, or Morusus, was the town of Alba Julia, or Weisenberg, the residence of the vaivode or Prince of Transylvania.
Captain John Smith Charles Dudley Warner 1864
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Busca proclaimed Lord Rodoll vaivode in his stead.
Captain John Smith Charles Dudley Warner 1864
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