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Slav
1[ slahv, slav ]
noun
- one of a group of peoples in eastern, southeastern, and central Europe, including the Russians and Ruthenians Eastern Slavs, the Bulgars, Serbs, Croats, Slavonians, Slovenians, etc. Southern Slavs, and the Poles, Czechs, Moravians, Slovaks, etc. Western Slavs.
adjective
- of, relating to, or characteristic of the Slavs; Slavic.
Slav
2abbreviation for
Slav
/ slɑːv /
noun
- a member of any of the peoples of E Europe or NW Asia who speak a Slavonic language
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Example Sentences
But his father was a Slav, and what is madness in an Englishwoman is sanity in a Russian.
The late disturbance in the Far East marked the clashing of the dreams, for the Slav, too, is dreaming greatly.
My old Slav kingdom I did not care to keep; it was best to give up everything, and wipe out all memory of myself.
With no immediate outlook for a strike the Slav and Italian miners refused to pay union dues.
The line he made his application on was that he should so like to play her a rapid movement by an unpronounceable Slav.
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