Daily Ancestorgospodarz
Gospodarz in old Polish records means a farmer running his own holding, a householder; gospodyni is the woman of the household.
Gospodarz has several meanings, including host and landlord, but in village records it means a farmer who runs his own farm (gospodarstwo). Old word lists call him a self-sustaining farmer. Some regional uses tie the word to owning a certain minimum of land.
Because it implies a farm of one's own, gospodarz stands above komornik or wyrobnik, who had little or no land. The feminine form is gospodyni.
As seen in a recordBirth and baptism record in a Polish-language parish register, Russian Poland, 1850s
Stawił się Jan Pyrek, gospodarz we wsi Brzeziny zamieszkały, lat czterdzieści mający
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