Associations to the word «Slav»

Wiktionary

SLAV, noun. A member of any of the peoples from Eastern Europe who speak the Slavic languages.
SLAV, noun. (British) (birdwatching) The Slavonian grebe.

Dictionary definition

SLAV, noun. Any member of the people of eastern Europe or Asian Russia who speak a Slavonic language.
SLAV, adjective. Speaking a Slavic language; "the Slav population of Georgia".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats