staroste

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Noun

staroste m (plural starostes)

  1. starosta

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic старость (starostĭ), from Proto-Slavic *starostь (old age), from *starъ (old). Compare Russian староста (starosta, bailiff, village elder, churchwarden), Polish starosta (leader).

Noun

staroste m (plural starosti)

  1. guildmaster
  2. (historical) governor of a peripheral region of Moldavia
  3. master of ceremonies at a wedding
  4. abbot

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