starosty
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Etymology[edit]
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Noun[edit]
starosty (plural starosties)
- In Poland, a castle and domain conferred on a nobleman for life.
- 1752, Jenkin Thomas Philipps, The Fundamental Laws and Constitutions of Seven Potent Kingdoms and States in Europe:
- where any Military Starosty is annex'd to any Dignity, we shall not bestow another such Starosty to any Person, neither in this nor any other Palatinate
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References[edit]
- “starosty”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.