Bulgar
Americannoun
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
Example Sentences
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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
Khasen stood before 50 Greek and foreign reporters and cameramen in a room in Salonika to tell his story at the behest of the Athens government, long an involuntary host to hundreds of Bulgar spies.
From Time Magazine Archive
But the Bulgar is no longer popular, either with the Turk or the Greek, and they now seldom grace the festivals in the capital with their presence and their antics.
From Turkey Peeps at Many Lands by Millingen, Julius R. Van
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