Wallachn.
/ˈwɒlək/, U.S. /ˈwɑlək/ 1.
a. A former name for a member of a Romanic-speaking race widely disseminated in south-eastern Europe, principally in Romania, and now normally known as Romanian adj.1 and n. = Vlach n.
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1786 tr. J. R. Forster Hist. Voy. & Discov. North 101 (note) The Walachs, or Wolocks.
1845 Encycl. Metrop. XXV. 730/1 The Wallacks [are] scattered over the whole province [of Transylvania].
1869 H. F. Tozer Res. Highlands of Turkey I. 146 A few Wallachs, Armenians, and Franks.
1886 W. J. Tucker Life E. Europe 179 It was he (being a Wallack, just as Jano is), who instigated the Wallacks on our estate when they robbed and devastated the country in the Rebellion.
b. attributive.
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1864 Chamb. Encycl. VI. 513 A petty Walach chief of Transylvania.
1869 H. F. Tozer Res. Highlands of Turkey II. 16 A Wallach shepherd was tending his flock of goats.
1905 Westm. Gaz. 24 May 8/2 Full liberty is granted for the use of the Wallach language in schools and churches.
2. The language of the Wallachs. rare.
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1794 J. B. S. Morritt Let. 24 June (1914) iii. 51 The languages spoken here are Hungarian, Wallach, Sclavonian and a little German.
1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II.
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