The Slovenian gospod [ɡɔˈspóːt] came up in my Slovenian lesson today. It means mister, sir, gentleman or lord. It comes from the Proto-Slavic *gospodь (lord, master).

Some examples of how it’s used include:

• gospod župnik = Reverend
• spoštovani gospod = Dear Sir
• grajski gospod = Lord of the castle
• biti sam svoj gospod = to be one’s own master
• Gospod Bog = the Lord God

The last example appears in a song we sing in the Bangor Community Choir, Vsy Tya Hori (Вси Тя хори) (All your choirs), which is in Church Slavonic, I think.

You can see and hear us sing it in Penrhyn castle, near Bangor, here:

Related words include:

• gospoda = lords, gentlemen
• gospodar = landowner, master
• gospodar posestva = lord of the manor
• gospodarica = mistress
• gospodična = miss
• gaspa = mrs, lady
• gospe in gospodje = ladies and gentlemen

Other Slavic languages have a similar words:

• Russian & Ukrainian: господь = the Lord, God
• Bulgarian, Macedonian & Serbian: господ = Lord, Jesus
• Croatian: gospod = Mr, Lord, Jesus

Source: PONS, Wiktionary