noun
- a member of the Russian aristocracy, ranking just below the ruling princes
Usage: historical
Examples
- The boyar owned vast estates in medieval Russia.
- Boyars served as advisors to the tsar.
- The wealthy boyar lived in a grand palace.
- Ivan the Terrible reduced the power of the boyars.
- The boyar class dominated Russian politics for centuries.
- Many boyars opposed Peter the Great’s reforms.