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Waiwode
Waiwode Wai"wode, n. See Waywode.
waiwode
Waywode Way"wode, n. [Russ. voevoda, or Pol. woiewoda; properly, a leader of an army, a leader in war. Cf. Vaivode.] 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. [Written also vaivode, voivode, waiwode, and woiwode.]

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- Voivode (/ˈvɔɪvoʊd/ VOY-vohd), also spelled voivod, voievod or voevod and also known as vaivode (/ˈvaɪvoʊd, ˈveɪ-/ V(A)Y-vohd), voivoda, vojvoda or wojewoda...
- removal. Clarke was the one to remove the statue by force, after bribing the waiwode of Athens and obtaining an edict, despite the objections of the local po****tion...
- Clarke was the one to remove the statue by force, after bribing the local waiwode of Athens and obtaining an edict, despite the objections of the local po****tion...
- would not let him go to Hungary, where he wished to communicate with the waiwode. On 11 July, he was at Vienna, and probably returned to England in the...