Meanings of boyar in English

Upon the tale the boyar had brought him he offered now no comment.

A judge who is eager to please a boyar, on the other hand, might just play along.

The Khan gave the boyar his life, but the "Mother of Russian cities" was sacked.

Equally friendly were the great boyar families.

The ancient boyar looked down at her.

The Berlin edition contains no mention of Sukhotin, but in that edition Nilus said, 'Pray for the soul of the boyar Alexis.'

His Excellency was a bluff but elegant bureaucrat, who had succeeded Count Witte, a man of refinement, belonging to a very old boyar family.

The other boyars and different court people said to the Tsar:

His speech to the boyars had already taken definite shape in his imagination.

He is not only a Boyar, but the owner of extensive tannery works.

We saw the fur garments and the fantastic armor of the old boyars.

A general with a brilliant suite galloped off at once to fetch the boyars.

The boyars were not at all pleased with this summons.

The Miloslavskis were typical self-seeking 17th century boyars, whose extortions made them generally detested.

It was then the numerous churches arose, the Kremlin, and the palaces of the boyars.

Would you like to become boyars, you shall be the greatest among the very great.