Woiwode, or VOIVODE (Polish wojewoda, Servian vojvoda, Russian voevoda), a Slavic word for the leader of an army; later used for an administrative ruler of a province, or, as formerly in Moldavia and Wallachia, the reigning prince.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 10: Swastika to Zyrianovsk and Index, p. 703
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