Answer: boyars

AnswerCrossword Clue
BOYARSRussian noblemen of yore
BOYARSGrandees in Czarist Russia.
BOYARSOld Russian noblemen
boyarsmember of the old nobility of Russia, before Peter the Great made rank dependent on state service
boyarsmember of a former privileged class in Romania
boyarsBOYAR, a former Russian aristocrat, also BOYARD