Cro·at (kr   t , -ät, krt)n. In all senses also called Croatian. 1. a. A native or inhabitant of Croatia. b. A person of Croatian descent. 2. Serbo-Croatian as used in Croatia, distinguished from Serbian primarily by its being written in the Latin alphabet. [New Latin Croata, from Serbo-Croatian Hrv  t.] |
Croat [ˈkrəʊæt]
n
(Social Science / Peoples)
a. a native or inhabitant of Croatia
b. a speaker of Croatian
n & adj
(Placename) (Social Science / Peoples) (Linguistics / Languages) another word for Croatian
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| Noun | 1. |  Croat - a member of the Slavic people living in CroatiaCroatia, Hrvatska, Republic of Croatia - a republic in the western Balkans in south-central Europe in the eastern Adriatic coastal area; formerly part of the Habsburg monarchy and Yugoslavia; became independent in 1991 Slav - any member of the people of eastern Europe or Asian Russia who speak a Slavonic language |
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