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STAROST

\stˈaɹɒst], \stˈaɹɒst], \s_t_ˈa_ɹ_ɒ_s_t]\

Definitions of STAROST

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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A nobleman who possessed a starosty.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

stÃ¤r'ost, n. a Polish noble holding a STAR'OSTY or domain by grant of life-estate from the crown. [Pol. starosta, elder--stary, old.]

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

A Polish title for the possessors of certain castles and estates called Starostics. The tenure was commonly renewed by the Crown to the heirs of the tenant on his demise.

1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases
By Henry Percy Smith

n. In Poland, one who holds a fief; a feudatory holding from the crown.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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