The Collaborative International Dictionary
Boyar \Bo*yar"\, Boyard \Bo*yard"\, n. [Russ. boi['a]rin'.] A member of a Russian aristocratic order abolished by Peter the Great. Also, one of a privileged class in Roumania.
Note: English writers sometimes call Russian landed proprietors boyars. [1913 Webster] ||
Wiktionary
alt. A member of a Russian aristocratic order abolished by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20the%20Great. Also, one of a privileged class in Romania. n. A member of a Russian aristocratic order abolished by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20the%20Great. Also, one of a privileged class in Romania.
Usage examples of "boyard".
He held this securely while his partner, Boyard, undid both cord and pulley.
Bartlett reeled in about another dozen feet, cut this section off with a knife and handed it to Boyard, who secured one end to a strut and another to the strap of the pulley.
Bartlett and Boyard pulled in the beam and boat-hook, detached them along with the lead weight, passed the rope through the pulley and resecured the lead weight.
By now, Bartlett and Boyard had the boat-hook round the rope and were steadily, cautiously and without too much trouble, overhanding the explosives in towards themselves.
Bartlett, with Boyard steadying him, had the canvas strip wrapped round the cable, hard up against the saddle and was buckling tight the second of the two straps that held the strap securely in position.
Bartlett and Boyard fixed the last lot - let's give Reston and Harrison a go.
They think they're better than Bartlett and Boyard and should have had the privilege of the first attempt.
Happy at having got her way, the princess decided that the first thing to be done was to find some old white-haired boyard, whose advice she could trust, and then to be very careful in choosing her horse.
The phonograph He picked up Halvorsens Entrance of the Boyards at random and slipped it into place, closing the lid.