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‖ hospodar|ˈhɒspəʊdɑː(r)|
[a. Romanian hospodár, of Slavonic origin: possibly from Little Russ. hospodárĭ = Russ. gospodárĭ (in South Russia ‘master of a house’), deriv. of gospódĭ lord. Another Russian form of the word is gosudárĭ sovereign, king, lord, sir.]
A word meaning ‘lord’, formerly borne as a title of dignity by the governors appointed by the Ottoman Porte for the provinces of Wallachia and Moldavia.[1630R. Johnson's Kingd. & Commw. 476 (Russia) And all this for the honour of Hospodare, viz. the Prince.] 1684Scanderbeg Rediv. iv. 86 The Hospodars of Wallachia and Moldavia..revolted from the Turks. 1796Morse Amer. Geog. II. 461 (Stanf.) The Hospodars, or princes of Wallachia and Moldavia, pay very large sums to the Grand Sultan for their dignities. 1838Penny Cycl. XII. 317/1 These Hospodars or governors assumed the title of princes, and were addressed as ‘Most Serene Highness’. 1886Dowden Shelley II. ix. 362 His father, for a time hospodar of Wallachia, had retired into private life.
Hence hospoˈdariat, -iate (erron. -iot, hospodorate), the office of a hospodar, the territory governed by a hospodar.
1833Fraser's Mag. VII. 196 The hospodariats were sure to become dependencies of Muscovy. 1866Ch. Times 3 Mar., The deposition of Prince Couza from the Hospodariate of Wallachia and Moldavia has been accomplished. 1878Seeley Stein III. 529 Hampering negotiations, with the ideas of an Hospodorate, an annexation of Candia. |