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SLAV

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any member of the people of eastern Europe or Asian Russia who speak a Slavonic language

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Slav" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

European (a native or inhabitant of Europe)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Slav"):

Serb; Serbian (a member of a Slavic people who settled in Serbia and neighboring areas in the 6th and 7th centuries)

Croat; Croatian (a member of the Slavic people living in Croatia)

Sorbian (a speaker of Sorbian)

Cossack (a member of a Slavic people living in southern European Russia and Ukraine and adjacent parts of Asia and noted for their horsemanship and military skill; they formed an elite cavalry corps in czarist Russia)

Holonyms ("Slav" is a member of...):

Slavic people (group of people speaking a Slavonic language)

Derivation:

Slav (speaking a Slavic language)

Slavic; Slavonic (of or relating to Slavic languages)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Speaking a Slavic language

Example:

the Slav population of Georgia

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Slav (any member of the people of eastern Europe or Asian Russia who speak a Slavonic language)

Derivation:

Slav (any member of the people of eastern Europe or Asian Russia who speak a Slavonic language)

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