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Slav

//slɑːv// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Synonym of Slavic.

    "Arising out of her intercourse with the Slavs of the interior, Dubrovnik became a very Slav city, both in manners and in sympathy."

Adjective
  1. 1
    speaking a Slavic language wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A member of any of the peoples of Europe who speak the Slavic languages.
  2. 2
    any member of the people of eastern Europe or Asian Russia who speak a Slavonic language wordnet
  3. 3
    The Slavonian grebe. British

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English Sclave, borrowed from Medieval Latin Sclavus, from Byzantine Greek Σκλάβος (Sklábos); see that entry for more. Doublet of slave and ciao. Displaced native Old English Wined.

Etymology 2

From Middle English Sclave, borrowed from Medieval Latin Sclavus, from Byzantine Greek Σκλάβος (Sklábos); see that entry for more. Doublet of slave and ciao. Displaced native Old English Wined.

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