Hospodar, a Slavonic title once commonly given to the governors of Moldavia and Wallachia, whereas the king of Roumania is now known under the native Romanic title of Donnu. Lithuanian princes and Polish kings also bore the title.
Hospodar
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 5: Friday to Humanitarians, p. 807
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