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Bulgar, n.|ˈbʌlgɑː(r)|
[ad. med.L. Bulgarus (F. Bulgare, G. Bulgar), ad. OBulg. Blŭgarinŭ (Bulg. Bălgarin, Russ. Bolgárȳ pl., Bolgárin sing.).]
Any member of an ancient Finnish tribe who conquered the Slavs of Mœsia in the seventh century a.d. and settled what is now Bulgaria, becoming Slavonic in language; a native or inhabitant of Bulgaria. Also attrib. or as adj., Bulgarian.
1759Mod. Part Universal Hist. IV. iv. i. 498 Bulgars. 1886Encycl. Brit. XXI. 78/2 The Bulgars, whose origin still remains doubtful. 1902Ibid. XXX. 395/1 The Bulgar millet comprises the Bulgarians who accept the rule of the exarchate. 1920Q. Rev. Jan. 63 Basil II, whom the Greeks of to-day still admire as the ‘Bulgar-slayer’. 1921S. Graham Europe—Whither Bound? 27 The Bulgars have certainly hit on a novelty. Ibid. 33 Refugee Bulgars from the lost Bulgar territories. 1965H. M. Smyser in Bessinger & Creed Medieval & Linguistic Stud. 93 The Bulgars and..the so-called Jewish Khazars, about whom Ibn Faḍlān learned from his Bulgar hosts.
Hence ˈBulgarize v. trans., to make Bulgarian in character; so ˌBulgariˈzation.
1869H. F. Tozer Highl. Turkey I. 183 They become denationalized and Bulgarized. Ibid., The Bulgarians are endeavouring the ecclesiastical superiority over them, and..will bring about their Bulgarisation. 1903Daily Chron. 9 Nov., The Bulgarisation of race-divided Macedonia. 1925Glasgow Herald 2 Oct. 5 Fully Bulgarised Macedonians. |