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Voivode
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
or (also Vaivode, Vayvode, Wayvode, &c., Med. Gr. (30e(30bos), a title in use among certain Slavonic peoples, meaning literally "leader of an army" (Sl. voi, host, army; voiditi, to lead), and so applied at various periods and in various eastern European countries to rulers, governors or officials of varying degree. It is best known as the title of the princes of Moldavia and Wallachia. In these states the title remained in use from the earliest times until 1658 in the case of the first state, and until 1716 in that of the second, when it gave way to Hospodar. During the period of Hungarian domination of Transylvania (1004-1526) it was governed by a voivode as an Hungarian province, the last voivode raising himself to the position of an independent prince. In Poland the title was used of certain administrative officials; Polish historians latinized it by palatinus. At the present day voivode is used, in its original sense of a high military officer, in the Montenegrin army, where it corresponds to the general officer in other European armies.
Yokes, the name of a family of English actors. Frederick Mortimer Vokes (1846-1888), the son of a costumier, made leis first appearance on the stage in 1854. In 1861 he, his sisters Jessie (1851-1884), Victoria (1853-1894)1894) and Rosina (1858-1894), and Walter Fawdon (Vokes), first as the "Vokes Children" and then as the "Vokes Family," began to perform at music halls and at the pantomimes, and by their agility and humour made the name well known to English and American theatre-goers. Fred Vokes was a man of real inventiveness as well as rare acrobatic skill.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Voivode'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/v/voivode.html. 1910.
