барин

Definitions

1. 1.
   boyar, barin, nobleman, gentleman, landlord (a rank of aristocracy in Russia)

   • Хозя́ин — ба́рин.

     Xozjáin — bárin. — It's up to you. / Your choice. / You're the boss.

2. 2.
   archaicsir, master (a term of address used by a lower-class person for a nobleman, or a third-person reference to a nobleman)

   • — Ба́рина нет до́ма, — сказа́л, выходя́ на крыльцо́, лаке́й.

     — Bárina net dóma, — skazál, vyxodjá na krylʹcó, lakéj. — “The master is not at home,” said a servant appearing at the top of a flight of steps.

3. 3.
   derogatoryfreeloader, gentleman of leisure (a person who doesn't like to work or who makes others do his job)

   • сиде́ть ба́рином; сиде́ть как ба́рин

     sidétʹ bárinom; sidétʹ kak bárin — to sit around like royalty

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