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Servian

Servian adjective: serbian.

Adjective (1)

Servian (comparative more Servian, superlative most Servian)

  1. (archaic) Serbian.
    • I must say they were not cheering to me, for amongst them were “Ordog”—Satan, “pokol”—hell, “stregoica”—witch, “vrolok” and “vlkoslak”—both of which mean the same thing, one being Slovak and the other Servian for something that is either were-wolf or vampire.1897, Bram Stoker, “Jonathan Harker’s Journal”, in Dracula, New York, N.Y.: Modern Library, →OCLC, chapter I, page 6
    • She probably thought Kaikobad was an unfashionable German spa, where you'd meet matrimonial bargain-hunters and emergency Servian kings.1904, ‘Saki’, “Reginald's Rubaiyat”, in Reginald

Noun

Servian (plural Servians)

  1. (archaic) A Serbian.

Proper noun

Servian

  1. (archaic) The Serbian language.

Adjective (2)

Servian (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to the Ancient Roman grammarian Servius.

Forms of Servian

Adjective
comparativemore Servian
superlativemost Servian
Noun
pluralServians

Origin of Servian

From Servia + -an.

Questions about Servian

What does Servian mean?
Servian means serbian.
What part of speech is Servian?
Servian can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.

Words near Servian in the dictionary

  1. serveth
  2. Servetian
  3. serveware
  4. servewares
  5. Servia
  6. Servian
  7. Servians
  8. servibar
  9. servibars
  10. servicable
  11. servical

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