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English
Etymology 1
From Servia + -an.
Adjective
Servian (comparative more Servian, superlative most Servian)
- (archaic) Serbian.
1897, Bram Stoker, “Jonathan Harker’s Journal”, in Dracula, New York, N.Y.: Modern Library, →OCLC, chapter I, page 6: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.
1904, ‘Saki’, “Reginald's Rubaiyat”, in Reginald:She probably thought Kaikobad was an unfashionable German spa, where you'd meet matrimonial bargain-hunters and emergency Servian kings.
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Noun
Servian (plural Servians)
- (archaic) A Serbian.
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Proper noun
Servian
- (archaic) The Serbian language.
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Etymology 2
Adjective
Servian (not comparable)
- Of or relating to the Ancient Roman grammarian Servius.
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