Kabardian
Americannoun
noun
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a member of a Circassian people of the North West Caucasus
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the Eastern dialect of the Circassian language Compare Adygei
Example Sentences
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My horse was a splendid one too, and more than one Kabardian had already cast fond glances at it, repeating at the same time: 'Yakshi tkhe chok yakshi.'
From A Hero of Our Time by J. H. Wisdom
On inspecting the various groups more narrowly, I saw a Kabardian lying on the ground, with his cloak drawn over his face, while every one gazed on him with a respectful pity.
From Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. by Xavier Hommaire de Hell
Sixty populous Kabardian villages were plundered, and the mountaineers proudly refused to turn till they had watered their horses in the Kuban and even reached the more distant banks of the Laba.
From Historic Tales, Vol. 8 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Charles Morris
From that time a gradual change took place in the savage temper of the Kabardian; the idea that his daughter was no longer in the hated mountains, was balm to his wounds.
From Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. by Xavier Hommaire de Hell
Behind it walked the owner, smoking a little, silver-mounted Kabardian pipe.
From A Hero of Our Time by J. H. Wisdom
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