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- noun Plural form of
starost .
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Examples
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Even on the estates of the higher nobility, of the starosts, and of the crown, all the farm buildings were dilapidated and useless.
The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12 Various
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The cities were filled with colonists, street after street rose from the ruins, the estates of the starosts were changed into crown estates, new villages of colonists were laid out, new agricultural enterprises ordered.
The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12 Various
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The noblemen and the starosts inflicted their punishments with unrestrained caprice.
The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12 Various
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The prince introduced me to his handsome sister, and to several palatins and starosts.
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The prince introduced me to his handsome sister, and to several palatins and starosts.
Memoirs of Casanova — Volume 25: Russia and Poland Giacomo Casanova 1761
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The prince introduced me to his handsome sister, and to several palatins and starosts.
The Complete Memoirs of Jacques Casanova Giacomo Casanova 1761
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_voivodes_, marshals, "castellans," starosts, and lower officials, in town and country, and to the governors and courts of Poland.
Jewish Literature and Other Essays Gustav Karpeles 1878
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