Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A native or inhabitant of Croatia.
- noun A person of Croatian ancestry.
- noun Serbo-Croatian as used in Croatia, distinguished from Serbian primarily by its being written in the Latin alphabet.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A native or an inhabitant of Croatia, a titular kingdom of the Austrian monarchy, lying southwest of Hungary; specifically, a member of the Slavic race which inhabits Croatia, and from which it takes its name.
- noun In the Thirty Years' War, one of a body of light cavalry in the Imperialist service, recruited from the Croats and other Slavs, and from the Magyars.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A native or resident of Croatia.
- noun archaic An irregular soldier, generally from Croatia.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A citizen of
Croatia ; a person withSerbo-Croatian origins orethnicity - noun dated An
irregular soldier , generally fromCroatia .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a member of the Slavic people living in Croatia
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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On a sunny, mild afternoon, Hewitt and Karlovic walked onto the immaculate Centre Court lawn side by side but hardly shoulder to shoulder, since the Croat is 11 inches taller.
USATODAY.com - Hewitt humbled in Wimbledon opener; Roddick cruises on 2003
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In later years the terms Croat and Roman Catholic on the one hand, and Serb and Orthodox on the other, became interchangeable.
The Balkans A History of Bulgaria—Serbia—Greece—Rumania—Turkey Nevill Forbes 1906
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Year in review: The top Croat is ranked a career-high No. 13 and he's off to a career-best 27-9 start with ATP World Tour titles in Chennai (d.
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The Croat was a quarterfinalist at last year's U.S.
The Shad Plank 2010
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The Croat was a quarterfinalist at last year's U.S.
The Shad Plank 2010
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The proof is in the pudding, Tito a so called Croat who lies in his rotting coffin protected by Serbs in the centre of Beograd.
Serbianna.com 2009
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Mostly sharing the same language, Serbo-Croat (though there is today an absurd pretension that Croats speak Croat and Serbs speak Serbian: my client in one of the trials at the ICTY was once berated by a notable but deeply unpleasant Croat lawyer of Fascist Ustaše inclinations for failing to speak 'Croat' properly, simply for using the 'Serbian' form of nomenclature for the months of the year) they were sharply divided by religion and outlook.
Archive 2007-08-05 2007
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Mostly sharing the same language, Serbo-Croat (though there is today an absurd pretension that Croats speak Croat and Serbs speak Serbian: my client in one of the trials at the ICTY was once berated by a notable but deeply unpleasant Croat lawyer of Fascist Ustaše inclinations for failing to speak 'Croat' properly, simply for using the 'Serbian' form of nomenclature for the months of the year) they were sharply divided by religion and outlook.
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Congratualations to 'Croat' for incurring the wrath of 'Ann' (original or not) and of the [honest] contributor referring to him/herself as 'dog' (specifically a common one).
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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Congratualations to 'Croat' for incurring the wrath of 'Ann' (original or not) and of the [honest] contributor referring to him/herself as 'dog' (specifically a common one).
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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