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pan-Serb

pan-Serb adjective: pertaining to the unity of Serbs across the Balkan Peninsula; especially, adhering to cultural or political projects to further such unity.

Adjective

pan-Serb (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to the unity of Serbs across the Balkan Peninsula; especially, adhering to cultural or political projects to further such unity.
    • Ultimately, Nicholas aspired to a pan-Serb ideal, desiring nothing less than the resurrection of the medieval Serb empire with himself upon Dusan's throne.1983, John D Treadway, The Falcon and the Eagle, page 8
    • As for Bosnian Serbs, they still focus on the alluring aspirations of a pan-Serb center, aspirations that are directly opposed to the unification of Bosnia.2003, Rusmir Mahmutćehajić, Sarajevo Essays, page 55

Origin of pan-Serb

From pan- + Serb.

Words formed from pan-Serb

Questions about pan-Serb

What does pan-Serb mean?
Pan-Serb means pertaining to the unity of Serbs across the Balkan Peninsula; especially, adhering to cultural or political projects to further such unity.
What part of speech is pan-Serb?
Pan-Serb is an adjective.

Words near pan-Serb in the dictionary

  1. Pan-Presbyterian
  2. pan-primate
  3. pan-Romance
  4. pan-Scandinavian
  5. Pan-Scandinavianism
  6. pan-Serb
  7. pan-Serbianism
  8. pan-Serbism
  9. pan-sexual
  10. pan-sexuals
  11. pan-Shia

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