Aristocracy vs Boyar - What's the difference?
aristocracy | boyar |
The nobility, or the hereditary ruling class
Government by such a class, or a state with such a government
A class of people considered (not normally universally) superior to others
(historical) A rank of aristocracy (second only to princes) in Russia, Bulgaria and Romania.
* 1997 , (John Julius Norwich), A Short History of Byzantium , Penguin 1998, p. 159:
* 2007 , John Darwin, After Tamerlane , Penguin 2008, p. 68:
* 2009 , (Diarmaid MacCulloch), A History of Christianity , Penguin 2010, p. 514:
As nouns the difference between aristocracy and boyar
is that aristocracy is the nobility, or the hereditary ruling class while boyar is a rank of aristocracy (second only to princes) in Russia, Bulgaria and Romania.aristocracy
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(wikipedia aristocracy)Noun
(aristocracies)Derived terms
* bunyip aristocracyExternal links
* * English words suffixed with -cracyboyar
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(wikipedia boyar)Alternative forms
* boyardNoun
(en noun)- Boris had abdicated in 889, leaving the throne to his son Vladimir, who had immediately identified himself with the boyar aristocracy which Boris had done his utmost to crush.
- A long series of wars was fought in the sixteenth century to keep Polish influence at bay in the West Russian lands, and prevent it from seducing Muscovy's restless boyars , the warrior-barons whose independence the grand dukes were determined to crush.
- some of his family looked to Orthodox Christianity to sustain them, and not only many of his boyars but most of his subjects were Orthodox Christians.