Slav

Slav (släv)

A member of one of the Slavic-speaking peoples of eastern Europe.

[Middle English Sclave, from Medieval Latin Sclvus, from Late Greek Sklabos, alteration of Old Slavic Slovnin.]

Slav [slɑːv]

(Social Science / Peoples) a member of any of the peoples of E Europe or NW Asia who speak a Slavonic language

[from Medieval Latin Sclāvus a captive Slav; see slave]

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Noun	1.	Slav - any member of the people of eastern Europe or Asian Russia who speak a Slavonic language individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do" Slavic people, Slavic race - a race of people speaking a Slavonic language Serb, Serbian - a member of a Slavic people who settled in Serbia and neighboring areas in the 6th and 7th centuries Croat, Croatian - a member of the Slavic people living in Croatia Sorbian - a speaker of Sorbian Cossack - a member of a Slavic people living in southern European Russia and Ukraine and adjacent parts of Asia and noted for their horsemanship and military skill; they formed an elite cavalry corps in czarist Russia
Adj.	1.	Slav - speaking a Slavic language; "the Slav population of Georgia"

Translations

Slav [slɑːv]

A. ADJ → eslavo

B. N → eslavo/a m/f

Slav [ˈslɑːv]

adj → slave

n → Slave mf

Slav

adj → slawisch

n → Slawe m, → Slawin f

Slav [slɑːv] adj & n → slavo/a

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My gay American horizons were bathed in the vast melancholy of the Slav, patient, agnostic, trustful.

My Literary Passions by Howells,William Dean View in context

began the priest in that voice, clear, not grandiloquent but mild, in which only the Slav clergy read and which acts so irresistibly on a Russian heart.

War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context

As the rage and fear-filled countenance of the Slav turned toward her Jane Clayton raised the heavy revolver high above the pasty face and with all her strength dealt the man a terrific blow between the eyes.

The Beasts of Tarzan by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context

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