slav
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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
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Definition of slav
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- A member of any of the peoples of Europe who speak the Slavic languages.
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noun
- A member of any of the peoples of Europe who speak the Slavic languages.
- (British)The Slavonian grebe.
adj
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Synonym of Slavic.
“Arising out of her intercourse with the Slavs of the interior, Dubrovnik became a very Slav city, both in manners and in sympathy.”
“If black Persian is what you want, there’s a very Slav coat, full-length, with fuchsia wool lining and with pockets sticking out on either hip, and there’s a three-quarter affair with a small, rolled collar, a narrow tuxedo front bound with silk braid, and a full, loose back.”
“She spoke French with a very Slav accent.”
“The young Jugoslav taxidriver who took us to the airport drove with a discontented and furious disdain. He took a very Slav view of the migration. He had gone out as a boy of 17 eight years before, and cared very little for it.”
“Obliged by my own question to face him if it were to appear as innocent as it actually was, I took in his features. It was not a very Slav face.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English Sclave, borrowed from Medieval Latin Sclavus, from Byzantine Greek Σκλάβος (Sklábos); see that entry for more. Doublet of slave and ciao. Displaced native Old English Wined.
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