A ''wojski'' (

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: ''tribunus'', hence sometimes rendered into English as tribune) was an officer in

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Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

, responsible for the security of

voivodeship A voivodeship is the area administered by a voivode (Governor) in several countries of central and eastern Europe. Voivodeships have existed since medieval times and the area of extent of voivodeship resembles that of a duchy in western medieval ...

s or districts at times when voivods and

castellan A castellan is the title used in Medieval Europe for an appointed official, a governor of a castle and its surrounding territory referred to as the castellany. The title of ''governor'' is retained in the English prison system, as a remnant o ...

s had accompanied the ''

szlachta The ''szlachta'' (Polish: endonym, Lithuanian: šlėkta) were the noble estate of the realm in the Kingdom of Poland, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth who, as a class, had the dominating position in the ...

'' (nobility) to war. With time, the ''wojskis responsibilities were taken over by

starosta The starosta or starost (Cyrillic: ''старост/а'', Latin: ''capitaneus'', german: link=no, Starost, Hauptmann) is a term of Slavic origin denoting a community elder whose role was to administer the assets of a clan or family estates. Th ...

s, and ''wojski'' became an honorary district office in the

Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, formally known as the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and, after 1791, as the Commonwealth of Poland, was a bi-confederal state, sometimes called a federation, of Crown of the Kingdom of ...

. * ''Wojski koronny'' - Crown ''Wojski'' * ''Wojski litewski'' - Lithuanian ''Wojski'' * ''Wojski większy'' - Major ''Wojski'' * ''Wojski mniejszy'' - Minor ''Wojski'' * ''Wojski grodzki'' - City ''Wojski'' * ''Wojski zamkowy'' - Castle ''Wojski''

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