hospodar
[ hos-puh-dahr ]
/ ˈhɒs pəˌdɑr /
noun
a former title of governors or princes of Wallachia and Moldavia.
Origin of hospodar
1620–30; < Romanian < Ukrainian
gospodár' literally, lord; compare Russian Church Slavonic
gospodarĭ (cognate with Czech
hospodář, Serbo-Croatian
gospòdār), equivalent to
gospodĭ lord +
-arĭ noun suffix;
gospodĭ perhaps <
*gos(tĭ)-
potĭ, hence cognate with Latin
hospes (see
host1), though
d for
t unexplained
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British Dictionary definitions for hospodar
hospodar
/ (ˈhɒspəˌdɑː) /
noun
(formerly) the governor or prince of Moldavia or Wallachia under Ottoman rule
Word Origin for hospodar
C17: via Romanian from Ukrainian, from
hospod' lord; related to Russian
gospodin courtesy title, Old Slavonic
gospodǐ lord