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Sorb, n.2|sɔːb|
Also Sorbe.
[ad. G. Sorbe, var. of Serbe, representing the national designation Serb (pl. Serbjo): cf. Serb.
The o may be due to the influence of med.L. Sorabi: see Sorabian.]
1. A member of the Slavonic race inhabiting Lusatia in the east of Saxony; a Wend.
1843Penny Cycl. XXVI. 206/1 Sorbes or Sorabes, between the rivers Saale and Elbe. 1883Morfill Slavonic Lit. x. 248 The term is still applied to the Sorbs and the Slovenes. 1886Encycl. Brit. XXI. 353/1 The Sorbs had been reduced to a condition of miserable serfdom.
2. The language spoken by this race.
1862[see Sorabian]. 1887Encycl. Brit. XXII. 147/2 Thus Chekh, Polish, Lower Sorb, ten; Upper Sorbish, ton. |