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• Milosevic
  Milosevic

  noun

  Slobodan 1941–2006, Yugoslav and Serbian politician: president of Serbia 1989–97, president of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1997–2000, accused of war crimes 2001.
• Milošević
  Milošević

  noun

  Slobodan (ˈslɒbədæn). 1941–2006, Serbian politician, president of Serbia (1989–97) and of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1997–2000). He supported ethnic cleansing in Bosnia-Herzegovina (1992–95) and Kosovo (1998–99). He was ousted in 2000 and brought to trial (2001) for war crimes; died in prison before the trial was concluded

Milosevic

American  

[muh-loh-suh-vich] / məˈloʊ sə vɪtʃ /

noun

1. Slobodan 1941–2006, Yugoslav and Serbian politician: president of Serbia 1989–97, president of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1997–2000, accused of war crimes 2001.

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Milošević British  

/ miːlɒsɛˌvɪtʃ /

noun

1. Slobodan (ˈslɒbədæn). 1941–2006, Serbian politician, president of Serbia (1989–97) and of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1997–2000). He supported ethnic cleansing in Bosnia-Herzegovina (1992–95) and Kosovo (1998–99). He was ousted in 2000 and brought to trial (2001) for war crimes; died in prison before the trial was concluded

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Example Sentences

A North Atlantic Treaty Organization bombing campaign and subsequent protests ousted Milosevic in 2000.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

Instead he gathered other like-minded ethnic Albanians into an underground guerrilla army, the KLA, to take on the forces of Serbian strongman Slobodan Milosevic.

From Barron's • Feb. 9, 2026

Recounting his own experiences with the student movement that, in the 1990s, resisted then-dictator Slobodan Milosevic, Popovic explains how jokes about ruling elites can make them look less invincible, while also puncturing widespread fear.

From Salon • Oct. 13, 2025

One opposition leader, Srdjan Milivojevic of the centre-left Democratic Party, compared the moment to the early 2000s, when the student-led protests against the notorious President Slobodan Milosevic "became a people's movement".

From BBC • Jul. 4, 2025

I couldn’t believe I was in the same room with one of the only journalists who managed to get a one-on-one interview with Slobodan Milosevic.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers