voivodeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈvɔɪˌvəʊd/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈvɔɪˌvoʊd/
• ハイフネーション: voi‧vode

名詞

voivode (plural voivodes)

1. A local ruler or official in various parts of central and eastern Europe, especially early semi-independent rulers of Transylvania.
   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 27, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:

     George Sechell […], having been defeated in a battle by the Vayvoda of Transylvania, and taken Prisoner, was for three days together tied naked to a wooden horse, exposed to all manner of tortures, any man might devise against him […].

   • 1897, Bram Stoker, “Jonathan Harker’s Journal—Continued”, in Dracula, New York, N.Y.: Modern Library, →OCLC, chapter III, page 32:

     Who was it but one of my own race who as Voivode crossed the Danube and beat the Turk on his own ground? This was a Dracula indeed!

2. An administrative chief in modern Poland.

別の表記

• woiwode, wojewoda, woywode, vaivode, voevod, voevoda, voivod, vojvoda, vojvode, voyevoda, voyvoda

派生語

• voivodeship

関連する語

• Vojvodina

参照

Further reading

• voivode on Wikipedia.Wikipedia