Magyarn.adj.

1797 tr. in R. Townson Trav. Hungary 141 An old Magyar to be obliged to learn, and to learn the German language!

1828 Foreign Q. Rev. 3 29 That the Magyars settled in Hungary during the ninth century is certain.

1878 N. Amer. Rev. 126 557 The Magyars received the knowledge of southern products and of agriculture from their Turkic neighbors.

1915 W. Cather Song of Lark iii. iv. 274 If you were to behave like the Magyar who was so interested in my buttonhole, she would not be surprised.

1988 Oxf. Illustr. Encycl. IV. 23/1 A dual monarchy..was created, in which the Magyars were permitted to dominate their subject peoples.

1806 R. Heber Jrnl. 27 June in A. Heber Life R. Heber (1830) I. ix. 295 The mistress knew only Magyar, but their maid-servant..spoke German.

1828 Foreign Q. Rev. 3 73 Volumes written in Latin, German and Magyar.

1866 Charnock in Anthropol. Rev. 4 172 In the Magyar there is only one conjugation for all regular verbs.

1886 W. J. Tucker Life E. Europe 231 The Hungarian stage, being thus limited to the Magyar-speaking population..can never enjoy European fame.

1966 Listener 3 Nov. 641/2 In those days..one made do with German rather than learn Mágyar.

1912 Home Chat 13 Apr. 112/2 Take away the lace insertion, and you get a quite plain little Magyar of white muslin.

1923 Daily Mail 19 June 15 A tight-fitting bodice which buttons down the back, the bolero bodice, and cross-over magyar.

1972 H. Stanley Modelling & Flat Cutting for Fashion viii. 93 Variations of style in category (b) are limited to the Kimono (or Magyar) and to styles with gussets of differing shapes.

1828 Foreign Q. Rev. 3 34 The letters of the Magyar alphabet which require particular notice are ö [etc.].

1828 Foreign Q. Rev. 3 39 Scarcely a fragment remains of old Magyar minstrelsy.

1851 in H. Mayhew London Labour I. 25/1 The Magyar noblesse.

1888 L. Oliphant Episodes (ed. 5) 180 Divers hospitable Magyar country-houses.

1909 Westm. Gaz. 17 June 2/1 Universal suffrage would prove a peril to Hungary—meaning, of course, to the Magyar minority... No Hungarian Nationalist seems to have the least intention of allowing universal suffrage to imperil the Magyar domination.

1928 Sunday Times 15 Nov. 7/2 The Hungarians, in pursuit of their policy of Magyarisation,..established only Magyar schools.

1988 G. Phelps Short Guide to World Novel 238 It was not until about 1830..that the Magyar language really came into its own as a literary language.

1911 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 5 Apr. 24/1 (advt.) Evening gown of grey chiffon..with low neck and magyar sleeves.

1912 A. J. Reeve Elem. Dress Pattern-making 17 The Empire yoke may be cut Magyar style if preferred.

1912 A. J. Reeve Elem. Dress Pattern-making 19 Magyar Blouse. Cut from Blouse Pattern.

1952 Woman's Jrnl. June 73/3 Asta's interpretation is in white fleecy wool, with..magyar sleeves and immensely wide cuffs.

1958 V. Cliffe Making your own Clothes iii. 42 It is not at all difficult, especially if you begin with what is known as a Magyar blouse.

1964 N. Bray More Dress Pattern Designing xiii. 150 (heading) The kimono or magyar block.

1862 Sat. Rev. 8 Feb. 158 Magyarism once meant a tyranny of race.

1995 I. Livezeanu Cultural Politics Greater Romania iv. 154 Transylvania's towns and cities constituted a stronghold of Magyarism against the Romanian populace.