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Morlach, n. and a.|ˈmɔːlæk|
Also Morˈlacchi (pl.), Morˈlacchian, Morˈlacco, Morlack, Morlak.
[ad. It. Morlacco, pl. -cchi (also Croatian Morlak, pl. -laci; also Morovlah), ad. late L. Morovlachus, ad. Byzantine Gr. Μαυρόβλαχος, f. µαῦρο-ς black + βλάχος Vlach: cf. Vlach.]
A. n. A member of a Vlach people centred on the eastern Adriatic port of Ragusa (mod. Dubrovnik) and, from the twelfth to the fifteenth centuries, in parts of maritime Croatia and northern Dalmatia, forming the country known eventually as Morlacchia, being later incorporated with Slavic peoples.
B. adj. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Morlacchia or its people.
1778tr. A. Fortis's Travels into Dalmatia 56 The Morlacchi, in general, have little notion of domestick œconomy... Yet the Morlack is a great œconomist in the use of his wearing apparel. Ibid. 65 It rarely happens..that a Morlacco carries off a girl against her will... The Morlack women keep themselves somewhat neat till they get a husband. Ibid. 83 Simplicity, and want of order..form..the principal character of the Morlacchian poetry. 1778Critical Review Mar. 378 The Morlacchians chiefly live on milk. 1793Universal Mag. Oct. 268/1 The people called Morlacks, or Morlacchi, inhabit Morlacchia, which is among the inland mountains of Dalmatia. Ibid. 271/2 A Morlack village. 1837Mirror 9 Dec. 383/1 At the death of a Morlach..the family weep and howl... The Morlach women go every holiday to renew their lamentations. 1849A. A. Paton Highlands & Islands of Adriatic II. iii. 32 The Morlack principle is to allow the man to grow as the beast of the forest. Ibid. 33 The Morlack is the best soldier and the worst citizen in the Austrian empire. 1877[see Illyric adj. s.v. Illyrian a. and n.]. 1881E. A. Freeman Sk. Subject Lands of Venice 184 Are we to believe that the Morlacchi used the turban as their head⁓dress before the Ottoman came? 1904L. Villari Republic of Ragusa xii. 322 The Morlachs in the Venetian service made raids into Turkish territory. 1911Encycl. Brit. VII. 773/2 The name of Morlachs, Morlaks or Morlacks commonly bestowed by English writers on the Dalmatian Slavs..is an abbreviated form of Mavrovlachi, meaning either ‘Black Vlachs’, or, less probably, ‘Sea Vlachs’... In northern Dalmatia the Slavs of the interior are still called Morlacchi; in the south this name expresses contempt. 1920M. E. Durham Twenty Years of Balkan Tangle i. 12 They are known as Morlachs,..and historically are in all probability descendants of the pre-Slav native population. 1922D. H. Low tr. Kraljević's Ballads p. xii, In 1775 a translation by Werthes of the Morlacchian section was published at Berne. 1957Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 230/1 In the 14th century the Mavrovlachi or Morlachs extended themselves towards the Croatian borders, and a large part of maritime Croatia and northern Dalmatia began to be known as Morlacchia. Ibid. 230/2 The Morlachs have now become Slavonized. 1968Ibid. XXIII. 93/2 There were also colonies of the Morlachs in the interior of the ancient Serbia. |