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ˈSlavon, n. and a. Now rare or Obs. Also 6–7 Scl-, Slauon. [ad. older F. Esclavon (whence also older Flem. pl. Sclavoenen, mod.Flem. Slavonen), = It. Schiavone, med.L. Sclavonius: cf. next.] A. n. 1. A Slavonian.
1555Eden Decades (Arb.) 290 The Sclauon dooth pleynly vnderstande the Moscouite. Ibid. 306 Vnder the dominion of the Slauons and vsyng the same tonge. 1606G. W[oodcocke] Lives Emperors in Hist. Ivstine Ii vj, He ouer⁓came the Hungars, and Subiected the Sclauons. 1802Pinkerton Mod. Geogr. I. 341 In the seventh century the Slavons..were ruled by chiefs, or dukes, seemingly hereditary. 1836Partington's Brit. Cycl. Lit., etc. III. 501/1 [They] were followed by the Sclavons, a Sarmatian people. 2. The Slavonic language. rare—1.
1635E. Pagitt Christianogr. i. iii. (1636) 128 The Slavon is their vulgar tongue. B. adj. Slavonic. Also Comb.
1555Eden Decades (Arb.) 318 The Slauon tounge whiche at this day is sumwhat corruptly cauled Sclauon. 1563Foxe A. & M. 344/1 In oure Slauon language, it hath bene vsed of old. 1565Jewel Repl. Harding Wks. III. 266 [The Bible] in the Sclavon tongue. 1850New Monthly Mag. April 449 The proposed union of the Slavon tribes—Slavon-Poles, Slavon-Bohemians, and Slavon-Servians. |