TARGET: vocab question

["Tim O'Shaughnessy" <timosh@MCHSI.COM>]

 Greetings:



An English teacher and I are stumped!  We are looking for the
definition of the word "Hospadars."   This is a word found in
Bram Stoker's Dracula.

 "In this respect it is different from the general run of roads
in the Carpathians, for it is an old tradition that they are not
to be kept in too good order. Of old the Hospadars would not
repair them, lest the Turk should think that they were preparing
to bring in foreign troops, and so hasten the war which was
always really at loading point. "



We can guess the general definition from the context, but would
like something more authoritative than "Well, we think it's."
We have checked the Abridged Oxford English Dictionary, several
other unabridged dictionaries, print and online encyclopedias,
Google and AltaVista searches, etc. and have come up blank.



Does anyone out there have any idea on a definitive definition of
"Hospadars?"    Or is this just a made up word?



Thanks to all who try..





Tim O'Shaughnessy, LMS
Moline High School.  Moline, IL.
timosh@nospammchsi.com
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