Voivode

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Voivode \Voi"vode\, n.
     See {Waywode}. --Longfellow.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Waywode \Way"wode\, n. [Russ. voevoda, or Pol. woiewoda;
     properly, a leader of an army, a leader in war. Cf.
     {Vaivode}.]
     Originally, the title of a military commander in various
     Slavonic countries; afterwards applied to governors of towns
     or provinces. It was assumed for a time by the rulers of
     Moldavia and Wallachia, who were afterwards called hospodars,
     and has also been given to some inferior Turkish officers.
     [Written also {vaivode}, {voivode}, {waiwode}, and
     {woiwode}.]
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