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Serbian, a. and n.|ˈsɜːbɪən|
[f. Serb + -ian.]
A. adj. Of or belonging to Serbia, a constituent republic of Yugoslavia, occupied by a Slavonic people.
The Slavonic kingdom of Serbia was conquered by the Turks in 1389; the country remained a principality tributary to Turkey until 1878, when the kingdom was revived. It was absorbed into Yugoslavia after the end of the First World War.
1876A. J. Evans Through Bosnia i. 7 The headdress of the Serbian women. 1883Morfill Slav. Lit. i. 8 The Serbian chieftain, Vouk Brankovitch.
B. n.
a. A native or an inhabitant of Serbia.
1848C. Bunsen in Rep. Brit. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 1847 267 The sixth family is that of the Slavonic nations in their two great branches;..the western, the languages of the Tschechs (Bohemians), Slovaks, Poles, and Serbians. 1862Denton Servia & Servians 11 About the middle of the seventh century the Serbians, a Sclavonic tribe, entered Mœsia.
b. The Serbian language.
1867Misses Mackenzie & Irby Turks, Greeks & Slavons 412 We asked, in Serbian, if they would kindly show us their books. 1876A. J. Evans Through Bosnia i. 26 Besides my native tongue..I know Serbian. 1887Morfill (title) Simplified grammar of Serbian. |