adjective
noun
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the language spoken in Serbia
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a native or inhabitant of Serbia
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a speaker of the Serbian language
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Usage
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“He likes to lick toes,” said Ivana Vasić, Foxy’s owner and the French importer of King’s Choice, a Serbian dog beverage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
Vucic has been a fixture of Serbian politics for more than a decade, becoming prime minister in 2014, before being elected to his first term as president in 2017.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
Support for Serbian wartime leaders remains strong in Serbia as well.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Pro-government Serbian media "depict him as a loyal soldier who simply carried out his duties," Peled said.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
Five of them were teenagers, university students of Serbian descent who had been born and raised in Bosnia.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
Last Friday, many Serbians stayed off work in response to a call for a general strike, while in December an estimated 100,000 people attended a demonstration in Belgrade.
From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2025
But the Serbians won the game with defense, holding the U.S. to just five goals in 14 extra-player opportunities and shutting the Americans out over the final 12:42.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2024
The Chinese leader, Xi Jinping, received a gift of fine cognac at the Élysée Palace in Paris and was cheered in Belgrade by Serbians waving Chinese flags, albeit most of them were bused-in government workers.
From New York Times ● May 10, 2024
Moldovan border police said that 12 Serbians were denied entry to the country, although none were detained.
From Reuters ● Feb. 15, 2023
The Serbians that I knew, men of all classes, said that, if Lady Paget had been listened to, Serbia would have been saved to herself and the Allies.
From Ten Years Near the German Frontier A Retrospect and a Warning by Maurice Francis Egan
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