velikaš
Velikaš ({{langx|sr|великаш}}, {{small|pl.}} {{lang|sr|{{lang|sr-Latn|velikaši|italic=no}} / {{lang|sr-Cyrl|великаши}}}}) is the Serbo-Croatian word for 'magnate', derived from {{Lang|sr-latn|veliko}} ('great, large, grand'). Another word is {{Lang|sr-latn|velmoža}}, which was commonly used for provincial lords ({{Lang|sr-latn|oblastni gospodari}}). It was used to refer to the highest nobility of Serbia in the Middle Ages and Croatia in the Middle Ages while the highest nobility in Bosnia were called vlastelin ({{Lang|bs|vlasteličić}}, lower {{Lang|bs|vlastelin}} status).{{cite book|title=Prilozi|volume=11-13|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IXU_ppKfDxQC|year=1975|publisher=Institut|page=31}}{{vn|date=June 2015}} It is the equivalent of boyar, used in Eastern Europe.
Titles used by the higher nobility include vojvoda (general, duke), veliki župan, etc.
Serbian magnates
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=Serbian Empire=
Magnates with Byzantine court titles
- {{Lang|sr-latn|despot}} prince Simeon Uroš, Dušan's half-brother, duke of Epirus and Acarnania
- {{Lang|sr-latn|despot}} Jovan Asen, Dušan's brother-in-law, governor in southern Albania
- {{Lang|sr-latn|despot}} Jovan Oliver, Dušan's close associate, {{Lang|sr-latn|vojvoda}} and governor in Ovče Pole and left Vardar
- {{Lang|sr-latn|sevastokrator}} Dejan, Dušan's brother-in-law, governor of Pčinja
- {{Lang|sr-latn|sevastokrator}} Branko, Dušan's relative, governor of Ohrid
- {{Lang|sr-latn|ćesar}} Preljub, Dušan's son-in-law, {{Lang|sr-latn|vojvoda}}, duke of Kastoria, Voden and Veria, and governor of Thessaly
- {{Lang|sr-latn|ćesar}} Vojihna, Dušan's relative, {{Lang|sr-latn|vojvoda}} and governor of Drama
- {{Lang|sr-latn|ćesar}} Grgur, Dušan's relative (son of Branko), {{Lang|sr-latn|vojvoda}} and governor of Polog
Magnates with Slavic court titles
- {{Lang|sr-latn|veliki župan}} Altoman Vojinović, son of {{Lang|sr-latn|vojvoda}} Vojin and son-in-law of {{Lang|sr-latn|vojvoda}} Mladen
Croatian magnates
{{see also|Croatian nobility}}
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