posadnik

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Russian поса́дник (posádnik).

Noun[edit]

posadnik (plural posadniks)

  1. (historical) a mayor in some East Slavic cities, towns, and oblasts.
  2. (historical, specifically) the mayor or leader of Novgorod and Pskov.