voivode
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Variously from a number of Slavic languages including Bulgarian войвода (vojvoda), Czech vojevoda, Polish wojewoda, Russian воево́да (vojevóda), and Serbo-Croatian vojvoda, војвода, all from Proto-Slavic *vojevoda (“army leader; duke; warlord”).
Inflected forms:
form: voivodes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: woiwode
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: wojewoda
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: woywode
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: vaivode
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: voevod
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: voevoda
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: voivod
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: vojvoda
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: vojvode
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: voyevoda
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: voyvoda
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: woywod
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: waywode
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: voivoda
pos: noun
tags: alternative
archaic
form: waiwode
pos: noun
tags: alternative
archaic
form: voyvode
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: voievod
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: vayvode
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: voevode
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: voievode
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: voyevode
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: vaivoda
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: waivode
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: wojewod
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: vojvod
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: voievoda
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: voyvod
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: wojwode
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: vaivod
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: vojevoda
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: woyewoda
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: vaiwode
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: vayvoda
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: waywod
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: wayvode
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: vaywode
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: waywoda
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
uncommon
form: woywoda
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
uncommon
form: wojwoda
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
uncommon
form: woivode
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
uncommon
form: woiwoda
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
uncommon
form: wojwod
pos: noun
tags: alternative
uncommon
form: woiwoda
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
uncommon
form: waivod
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
uncommon
form: wayvoda
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
uncommon
form: waiwod
pos: noun
tags: alternative
rare
form: woewoda
pos: noun
tags: alternative
rare
form: waiwoda
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
rare
form: woiewoda
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
rare
form: vojevode
pos: noun
tags: alternative
rare
form: woiewode
pos: noun
tags: alternative
rare
form: vojevod
pos: noun
tags: alternative
rare
form: wayvod
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
rare
form: woyewode
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
rare
form: woyvode
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
rare
form: voywode
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
rare
form: woewod
pos: noun
tags: alternative
rare
form: wayvod
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
rare
form: woyewode
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
rare
form: woyvode
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
rare
form: voywode
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
rare
form: woiewod
pos: noun
tags: alternative
rare
form: woewode
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
rare
Senses:
gloss: A local ruler or official in various parts of central and eastern Europe, especially early semi-independent rulers of Transylvania.
pos: noun
examples: George Sechell[…], having been defeated in a battle by the Vayvoda of Transylvania, and taken Prisoner, was for three days together tied naked to a wooden horse, exposed to all manner of tortures, any man might devise against him[…].
Who was it but one of my own race who as Voivode crossed the Danube and beat the Turk on his own ground? This was a Dracula indeed!
gloss: An administrative chief in modern Poland.
pos: noun
Related words: Vojvodina
Derived words: voivodeship
Translations: