Bulgarn.
/ˈbʌlɡɑː/, /ˈbʊlɡɑː/, U.S. /ˈbəlɡər/ Any member of an ancient Finnish tribe who conquered the Slavs of Mœsia in the seventh century a.d. and settled what is now Bulgaria, becoming Slavonic in language; a native or inhabitant of Bulgaria. Also attributive or as adj. , Bulgarian.
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Getanc1487
Bulgarian1555
Helvetian1593
Cimbrian1594
Bulgar1759
1759 Mod. Part Universal Hist. IV. iv. i. 498 Bulgars.
1886 Encycl. Brit. XXI. 78/2 The Bulgars, whose origin still remains doubtful.
1902 Encycl. Brit. XXX. 395/1 The Bulgar millet comprises the Bulgarians who accept the rule of the exarchate.
1920 Q. Rev. Jan. 63 Basil II, whom the Greeks of to-day still admire as the ‘Bulgar-slayer’.
1921 S. Graham Europe 27 The Bulgars have certainly hit on a novelty.
1921 S. Graham Europe 33 Refugee Bulgars from the lost Bulgar territories.
1965 H. M. Smyser in J. B. Bessinger & R. P. Creed Medieval & Linguistic Stud. 93 The Bulgars and..the so-called Jewish Khazars, about whom Ibn Faḍlān learned from his Bulgar hosts.
Derivatives
ˈBulgarize v. (transitive) to make Bulgarian in character.
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Bulgarize1869
1869 H. F. Tozer Res. Highlands of Turkey I. 183 They become denationalized and Bulgarized.
1925 Glasgow Herald 2 Oct. 5 Fully Bulgarised Macedonians.
ˌBulgariˈzation n.
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Bulgarization1869
1869 H. F. Tozer Res. Highlands of Turkey I. 183 The Bulgarians are endeavouring the ecclesiastical superiority over them, and..will bring about their Bulgarisation.
1903 Daily Chron. 9 Nov. The Bulgarisation of race-divided Macedonia.
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