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'''Agă''' was a military function in [[Wallachia]] and [[Moldavia]]. The name is of Turkish origin, the title of ''Ağa'' of ''Agha'' (meaning chief or master)<ref>[[Academia Română]], [[Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan - Alexandru Rosetti”]], ''[[Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române]] (ediția a II-a revăzută și adăugită)'', 2009</ref> being used in the [[Ottoman Empire]] as a title placed after the name of certain military functionaries.
The title was first used in Wallachia in 1620<ref name="DER">[[Alexandru Ciorănescu]], ''Dicționarul etimologic român'', [[Tenerife]], [[1958]]</ref>, for the commander of the [[infantry]], (especially for the armed forces guarding the capital [[Bucharest]], who previously had been called ''căpitan de vânători'' or ''căpitan de dorobanţi''.
Initially the '''agă''' was a high ranking [[boyar]]. Later the title was extended mainly to the commander of the police force of various cities.
The title disappeared with the introduction of the [[Regulamentul Organic]], when the title was replaced with the rank of [[colonel]].
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