барин

Russian

ба́рин • (bárin) m anim (genitive ба́рина, nominative plural ба́ре, genitive plural бар, feminine ба́рыня)

(historical, politics) boyar, barin, nobleman, gentleman, landlord (a rank of aristocracy in Russia)
Synonym: (an older term) боя́рин (bojárin)

хозя́ин — ба́рин (idiom) ― xozjáin — bárin (idiom) ― it's up to you, your choice, you're the boss.
(archaic) sir, master (a term of address used by a lower-class person for a nobleman, or a third-person reference to a nobleman)
Synonyms: господи́н (gospodín), госуда́рь (gosudárʹ), су́дарь (súdarʹ)
- 1836, Николай Гоголь [Nikolai Gogol], Коляска; English translation from The Calash, (Please provide a date or year):
  — 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.
(figuratively, derogatory) freeloader, 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

Declension of ба́рин (anim masc-form hard-stem accent-a)