Bulgar

[ buhl-ger, bool-gahr ]

noun

1. Bulgarian ( def 1 ).

Bulgar

/ ˈbʊl-; ˈbʌlɡɑː /

noun

1. a member of a group of non-Indo-European peoples that settled in SE Europe in the late 7th century ad and adopted the language and culture of their Slavonic subjects
2. See Bulgarian
   a rare name for a Bulgarian

Example Sentences

Give the Bulgar a patch of ground and he will immediately plant vegetables; the Serb will devote at least some of it to flowers.

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The nearest point at which cedars occur is the Bulgar-dagh chain of Taurus—250 miles from Lebanon.

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These two brothers should set an example, renounce the name of Serb and Bulgar, and call themselves simply Yugoslav.

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But in the period preceding the publication of Kiepert's map the Bulgar name was the more fashionable with Macedonian peasants.

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Surely it is far better that it should become the common possession of Serb and Bulgar, the link joining them to one another.

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