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Definition of Boyard
1. Noun. A member of a Russian aristocratic order abolished by Peter the Great. Also, one of a privileged class in Romania. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Boyard
1. boyar [n -S] - See also: boyar
Lexicographical Neighbors of Boyard
Literary usage of Boyard
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Capital: A Critique of Political Economy by Karl Marx (1906)
"MANUFACTURER AND boyard. Capital has not invented surplus-labour. Wherever a part
of society possesses the monopoly of the means of production, the labourer ..."
2. History of Russia and of Peter the Great by Philippe-Paul Ségur (1829)
"... it determined the limits of slavery; and, though it was forced to confide to
the nobles, and to those boyard- followers, the new proprietors, ..."
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