Editing Voivode (section)

{{Short description|Historical Slavic noble title}}
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[[File:Voivode Hrvoje Vukcic Hrvatinic.jpg|thumb|The voivode [[Hrvoje Vukčić Hrvatinić]] on horseback]]
'''Voivode''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|v|ɔɪ|v|oʊ|d}} {{respell|VOY|vohd}}), also spelled '''voivod''', '''voievod''' or '''voevod''' and also known as '''vaivode''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|v|aɪ|v|oʊ|d|,_|ˈ|v|eɪ|-}} {{respell|V(A)Y|vohd}}), '''voivoda''', '''vojvoda''', '''vaivada''' or '''wojewoda''', is a title denoting a military leader or [[warlord]] in [[Central Europe|Central]], [[Southeastern Europe|Southeastern]] and [[Eastern Europe]] in use since the [[Early Middle Ages]]. It primarily referred to the [[Voivode (Vlach leader)|medieval rulers]] of the [[Romania in the Middle Ages|Romanian-inhabited states]] and of governors and military commanders of Poles, [[Hungarians|Hungarian]], [[Lithuanians|Lithuanian]], [[Balkans|Balkan]], [[Russian people]] and other [[Slavic languages|Slavic-speaking]] populations.

In the [[Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth]], ''voivode'' was interchangeably used with ''[[palatine]]''. In the [[Tsardom of Russia]], a voivode was a [[military government|military]] [[governor]]. Among the [[Danubian Principalities|Danube principalities]], ''voivode'' was considered a princely title.