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Bulgar

American  
[buhl-ger, bool-gahr] / ˈbʌl gər, ˈbʊl gɑr /

noun

  1. Bulgarian.


Bulgar British  
/ ˈbʌlɡɑː, ˈbʊl- /

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. 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

The stranded Bulgar peace negotiators in Cairo said they were ready to listen again to Allied terms.

From Time Magazine Archive

Last week came different news about Bulgar longevity.

From Time Magazine Archive

We have good foundations on which to build; every Bulgar will tell you that he is full of admiration of the Serbian army, and the Serbs will speak in a similar strain of the Bulgars.

From The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1 by Baerlein, Henry