Macedonians

Noun (1)

Macedonian (countable and uncountable, plural Macedonians)

1. (countable) A person from Macedonia (in any sense).
2. (uncountable) A South Slavic language, the standard language of the Republic of North Macedonia.
3. (historical) The tongue of the Ancient Macedonians, spoken in Macedon during the 1st millennium BC. (see Ancient Macedonian)
4. (uncountable) The Greek dialect in Macedonia, region of Greece.

Noun (2)

Macedonian (plural Macedonians)

1. (historical) A member of an anti–Nicene Creed sect founded by the Greek bishop Macedonius I of Constantinople, which flourished in the regions adjacent to the Hellespont during the latter half of the fourth, and the beginning of the fifth centuries.
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