1) boyar. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000.
...administration of the country and participated in an early duma. From boiaren, from Russian boyarin, from Old Russian boljarin, from Turkic baylar, pl. of bay, rich;...
2) Ivan IV. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...the regency of his mother. When she died (1538), the regency alternated among several feuding boyar families (see boyars). Boyar rule ended only in 1546, when Ivan...
3) Boiardo, Matteo Maria. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Boiardo, Matteo Maria, (mat-te´o mare´a boyar´do) (KEY) , 1441?-1494, Italian poet, count of Scandiano. A favorite at the Este court in Ferrara, he served on diplomatic...
4) buoyant. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000.
...spirits. 2. Lighthearted; gay: in a buoyant mood. Spanish boyante, present participle of boyar, to refloat a boat, from boya, buoy, from Old French boue. See buoy.buoyant·ly...
5) Feodor III. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Feodor strove to carry out reforms. In 1681 he abolished the system of precedence among the boyar families, whereby appointments in civil and military service were...
6) 1582. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...of Ivan, a feeble and weak ruler. The actual government fell again into the hands of the boyars, notably Nikita Romanov (related to Ivan IV's first wife) and Boris...
7) boyars. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...boyars, (boyarz´) (KEY) , upper nobility in Russia from the 10th through the 17th cent. The boyars originally obtained influence and government posts through their...
8) 875. Nobility. Mawson, C.O. Sylvester. 1922. Roget s International
Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases
...armiger, esquire, laird [Scot.]; signior, seignior; signor [It.], señor [Sp.], senhor [Pg.]; boyar or boyard [Russ.]; effendi, sheik or sheikh, emir, shereef or sherif,...
9) i. Russia. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...Glinski (of Lithuanian family), until 1538, and then fell into the hands of powerful noble (boyar) families, notably the Shuiskys and Belskys. 3 1547 Ivan assumed...
10) g. The Second Bulgarian Empire. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...Berrhoe. 3 1196 Peter succeeded to leadership of the movement after the murder of Asen by boyar (i.e., noble) conspirators. 4 1197 Peter himself fell a victim to...
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