Balt
/bɔːlt
/ /bɒlt /noun
1A speaker of a Baltic language; a Lithuanian or Latvian.Despite large populations of noncitizens, most of whom did not know the local language, there was almost no violence between Balts and Russian-speakers....
- Song is the soul of the Balts; and their national song festivals feature 30,000-strong choirs.
2A native or inhabitant of one of the Baltic States of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia.But it also mentioned Stalin's occupation of the Baltic states, his wartime deportations of Balts and others and the contribution made by US lend-lease equipment to the Soviet victory....
- At different times Stalin conducted mass arrests of Poles, Balts, Chechens, Tartars and on the eve of his death - Jews.
- Ukrainians and Balts went on strike in the spring of 1953.
2.1 historical A German-speaking inhabitant of any of the Baltic States of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia.Most of the property belonging to German-speaking Balts, especially the estates, was confiscated....
- Her father was a diplomat and courtier, her mother a German-speaking Balt.
Origin
Late 19th century: from late Latin Balthae 'dwellers near the Baltic Sea'.