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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024voi•vode (voi′vōd),USA pronunciation n. - (in Eastern European history) a local ruler or governor, esp. the semi-independent rulers of Transylvania, Wallachia, or Moldavia before c1700.
Also, vaivode. - Slavic
- Hungarian vajvoda (now vajda)
- 1550–60; Slavic; compare Polish wojewoda, Russian voevóda, Serbo-Croatian vȍj(e)voda, Old Church Slavonic vojevoda commander, governor (translating Greek hēgemó̄n and stratēgós), equivalent. to voj- base of voinù warrior + -e- variant (after j) of -o- -o- + -voda, noun, nominal derivative of voditi to lead; vaivode
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