Boi'är or Boy'är, n.

noun

n. [Russ. bojärin, O. Slav. boljïrin, bol-jär, nobleman, for böli, great, illustrious.] A nobleman; a lord; a person of quality; a soldier. [Russ.]

This word answers nearly to baron in Great Britain, and other countries in the west of Europe. Tooke.

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