"Waywode" is a word in ENGLISH
Originally, the title of a military commander in various
Slavonic countries; afterwards applied to governors of towns or
provinces. It was assumed for a time by the rulers of Moldavia and
Wallachia, who were afterwards called hospodars, and has also been
given to some inferior Turkish officers.
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