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Serb, n. and a.|sɜːb|
Also 9 Syrbe.
[a. Serbian Srb, Serb. Cf. F. Serbe.]
A. n.
1.
†a. A Wend of Lusatia. (Cf. Sorb.) Obs.
b. A native of Serbia, a Serbian.
1813Q. Rev. X. 283 The Serbs or Wends came about the same time into the countries between the Saal and the Oder. 1842Penny Cycl. XXII. 103/2 The Syrbes or Wends, who inhabit Lusatia. 1861Mill Repr. Govt. xvi. 292 The population of Hungary is composed of Magyars, Slovacks, Croats, Serbs, Roumans, and in some districts, Germans. 1866Chamb. Encycl. VIII. 629/2 (art. Servia) Every Serb carries arms. 1883Morfill Slav. Lit. ii. 33 The Serbs have, unlike the Russians and other Slavs, kept their old name.
2. The Serbian language.
1886Fortn. Rev. Jan. 146 Serb became a proscribed tongue. 1905Macm. Mag. Nov. 40 Everyone, whether Christian or Moslem, speaks Serb only.
B. adj. Serbian.
1876A. J. Evans Through Bosnia i. 16 The barbarous Serb races who settled in the Danubian basin in the fifth and succeeding centuries. |