Bulgar
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Bulgars
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noun
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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
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a rare name for a Bulgarian
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In one especially colorful moment in Bulgarian history, the Bulgar Khan, Krum, converted the skull of a slain emperor into a goblet in about 810 CE to toast his victory over a Byzantine army.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
They reached into the period of the Bulgar kings, who ruled this region between the seventh and 13th centuries, and distilled a set of attitudes and values that had persisted into modern-day Tatarstan.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 7, 2017
His Majesty called in a 70-year-old friend of the Royal Family, M. Andrew Tocheff, seasoned Bulgar diplomat.
From Time Magazine Archive
Bulgarians are already hearty soft drinkers, satisfying their thirst mainly with boza, a rye-based soft drink similar to Russian kvas, or with a Coke imitation known as Bulgar Cola.
From Time Magazine Archive
Far from giving up his plan, Miladinoff began a pilgrimage through Macedonia, pretending that his object was to gather funds for the construction at Constantinople of a Bulgar church.
From The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1 by Henry Baerlein
Simultaneously, the Avars and Bulgars, steppe peoples related to the Huns, were pressing Byzantine territory from the north, and piracy was rife in the Mediterranean.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
While the Avars had converted to Christianity during the period of their invasions, the Bulgars remained pagan.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
Avars, Slavs, and Bulgars made frequent raids on the northern borders.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2012
Last week the Bulgars were reported ready to sign.
From Time Magazine Archive
Those Bulgars came marching down out of the pass.
From The Invaders by Murray Leinster
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