voivode

See also: voïvode

English

Etymology

Variously from a number of Slavic languages including Bulgarian войвода (vojvoda), Czech vojevoda, Polish wojewoda, Russian воево́да (vojevóda), and Serbo-Croatian vojvoda, војвода,[1] all from Proto-Slavic *vojevoda (“army leader; duke; warlord”).

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈvɔɪˌvəʊd/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈvɔɪˌvoʊd/
Hyphenation: voi‧vode

Noun

voivode (plural voivodes)

A local ruler or official in various parts of central and eastern Europe, especially early semi-independent rulers of Transylvania.
- 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 27, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821:
  George Sechell […], having been defeated in a battle by the Vayvoda of Transylvania, and taken Prisoner, was for three days together tied naked to a wooden horse, exposed to all manner of tortures, any man might devise against him […].
- 1897, Bram Stoker, “Jonathan Harker’s Journal—Continued”, in Dracula, New York, N.Y.: Modern Library, OCLC 688657546, page 32:
  Who was it but one of my own race who as Voivode crossed the Danube and beat the Turk on his own ground? This was a Dracula indeed!
An administrative chief in modern Poland.

Alternative forms

woiwode, wojewoda, woywode, vaivode, voevod, voevoda, voivod, vojvoda, vojvode, voyevoda, voyvoda

obsolete and less common forms

woywod (obsolete)
waywode (obsolete)
voivoda (archaic)
waiwode (archaic)
voyvode
voievod
vayvode (obsolete)
voevode
voievode
voyevode
vaivoda (obsolete)
waivode
wojewod
vojvod
voievoda
voyvod
wojwode (obsolete)
vaivod (obsolete)
vojevoda
woyewoda
vaiwode (obsolete)
vayvoda (obsolete)
waywod (obsolete)
wayvode (obsolete)
vaywode (obsolete)
waywoda (obsolete, uncommon)
woywoda (obsolete, uncommon)
wojwoda (obsolete, uncommon)
woivode (obsolete, uncommon)
woiwoda (obsolete, uncommon)
wojwod (uncommon)
woiwoda (obsolete, uncommon)
waivod (obsolete, uncommon)
wayvoda (obsolete, uncommon)
waiwod (rare)
woewoda (rare)
waiwoda (obsolete, rare)
woiewoda (obsolete, rare)
vojevode (rare)
woiewode (rare)
vojevod (rare)
wayvod (obsolete, rare)
woyewode (obsolete, rare)
woyvode (obsolete, rare)
voywode (obsolete, very rare)
woewod (very rare)
wayvod (obsolete, very rare)
woyewode (obsolete, very rare)
woyvode (obsolete, very rare)
voywode (obsolete, very rare)
woiewod (very rare)
woewode (obsolete, very rare)

Derived terms

voivodeship

Related terms

Vojvodina

Translations

local ruler or official in various parts of central and eastern Europe

Belarusian: ваяво́да m (vajavóda)
Bulgarian: войво́да (bg) m (vojvóda)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 軍政長官／军政长官 (jūnzhèng zhǎngguān)
Czech: vévoda (cs) m, vejvoda m
Finnish: voivodi (fi)
French: voïvode (fr) m
German: Wojewode (de) m, Woiwode (de) m
Greek: βοεβόδας (el) m (voevódas)
Hungarian: vaida
Japanese: ヴォイヴォダ (voivoda)
Kashubian: wòjewòda m
Latin: voivoda f
Latvian: vojevoda m
Lithuanian: vaivada m
Macedonian: во́јвода m (vójvoda)
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: воѥвода m (vojevoda)
Polabian: våjvåda m
Polish: wojewoda (pl) m
Portuguese: voivoda (pt) m
Romanian: voievod (ro) m
Russian: воево́да (ru) m (vojevóda)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: војвода m
Roman: vojvoda (sh) m
Slovak: vojvoda m
Slovene: vojvoda (sl) m
Spanish: voevoda m, vaivoda, voivoda
Swedish: vojvod (sv) c
Turkish:
Ottoman Turkish: ویوده‎ (voyvoda, vayvoda)
Modern Turkish: voyvoda (tr), vayvoda
Ukrainian: воєво́да m (vojevóda)
Yakut: бойобуода (boyobuoda)
Yiddish: וואָיעוואָדע‎ m (voyevode)

administrative chief in modern Poland

Belarusian: ваяво́да m (vajavóda)
Finnish: voivodi (fi)
Hungarian: vajda (hu)
Kashubian: wòjewòda m
Polish: wojewoda (pl) m
Russian: воево́да (ru) m (vojevóda)
Turkish: voyvoda (tr)
Ukrainian: воєво́да m (vojevóda)

References

“voivode, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, June 2021; “voivode, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.