The Collaborative International Dictionary
Starost
Starost \Star"ost\ (st[a^]r"[o^]st), n. [Pol. starosta, from stary old.] A nobleman who possessed a starosty. [Poland]
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starost
n. (context historical English) A Polish nobleman who possessed a starosty.
Usage examples of "starost".
After an extremely agreeable visit to the palatin I returned to Leopol, where I amused myself for a week with a pretty girl who afterwards so captivated Count Potocki, starost of Sniatin, that he married her.