Definition of Godunov

1. Noun. Czar of Russia (1551-1605).

Exact synonyms: Boris Fyodorovich Godunov, Boris Godunov
Generic synonyms: Czar, Tsar, Tzar

Lexicographical Neighbors of Godunov

Goddard
Goddidit
Goddy
Godel
Godelier
Godelier's law
Godfrey
Godhead
Godiva
Godlikeness
Godman
Godman's fascia
Godsakes
Godspeed
Godunov (current term)
Godwin
Godwin's law
Godwin Austen
Godwin tumour
Godwinian
Godwottery
Godzilla
Godzillas
Godzone
Goebbels
Goebbelsian
Goeckerman
Goeckerman treatment
Goemai

Literary usage of Godunov

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Godunov encouraged English merchants to trade with Russia by exempting them from tolls. He civilized the north-eastern and southeastern borders of Muscovy ..."

2. Biography: Or, Third Division of "The English Encyclopedia" edited by Charles Knight (1867)
"All those who had incurred any suspicion of having accused Godunov were punished in ... Godunov, who was anxious to civilise Russia, conceived the plan of ..."

3. A Short History of Russia by Lucy Cazalet (1915)
"... and her brother, Boris Godunov, went to stay there with her. The Patriarch Job and the people were anxious to make Boris Tsar, but he refused. ..."

4. A Short History of Russia by Lucy Cazalet (1915)
"... and her brother, Boris Godunov, went to stay there with her. The Patriarch Job and the people were anxious to make Boris Tsar, but he refused. ..."

5. Slavonic Europe: A Political History of Poland and Russia from 1447 to 1796 by Robert Nisbet Bain (1908)
"BORIS Godunov AND THE ... The marriage of Boris' sister Irene with the Tsarevich Theodore had brought Godunov ..."

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