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Webster 1913 Edition


Waywode

Way′wode

,
Noun.
[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
.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Waywode

WAYWODE

, WAIWODE,
Noun.
1.
In the Ottoman empire, the governor of a small town or province, which not forming a pashawlic, is the appendage of some great officer; also, a mussulman charged with the collection of taxes, or with the police of a place.
2.
In Poland, the governor of a province.

Definition 2024


waywode

waywode

English

Noun

waywode (plural waywodes)

  1. Alternative form of voivode