Slav
one of a group of peoples in eastern, southeastern, and central Europe, including the Russians and Ruthenians (Eastern Slavs ), the Bulgars, Serbs, Croats, Slavonians, Slovenians, etc. (Southern Slavs ), and the Poles, Czechs, Moravians, Slovaks, etc. (Western Slavs ).
of, relating to, or characteristic of the Slavs; Slavic.
Origin of Slav
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How to use Slav in a sentence
But his father was a Slav, and what is madness in an Englishwoman is sanity in a Russian.
Paul Patoff | F. Marion CrawfordThe late disturbance in the Far East marked the clashing of the dreams, for the Slav, too, is dreaming greatly.
Revolution and Other Essays | Jack LondonMy old Slav kingdom I did not care to keep; it was best to give up everything, and wipe out all memory of myself.
Dr. Dumany's Wife | Mr JkaiWith no immediate outlook for a strike the Slav and Italian miners refused to pay union dues.
A History of Trade Unionism in the United States | Selig PerlmanThe line he made his application on was that he should so like to play her a rapid movement by an unpronounceable Slav.
Somehow Good | William de Morgan
British Dictionary definitions for Slav
/ (slɑːv) /
a member of any of the peoples of E Europe or NW Asia who speak a Slavonic language
Origin of Slav
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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