Slav

(släv, slav)

noun

a member of any of a group of Slavic-speaking peoples of E, SE, and central Europe, generally divided into , , and

Origin: ME Sclave < ML Slavus: see slave

adjective

Rare Slavic

Slavic

See Slav in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

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

Origin:

Origin: Middle English Sclave

Origin: , from Medieval Latin Sclāvus

Origin: , from Late Greek Sklabos

Origin: , alteration of Old Slavic Slověninŭ

abbreviation

Slavic

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