bulgar

1. alternativeuncountableAlternative spelling of bulgur.

plural Bulgars · alternative Bolgar · alternative Bolğar · alternative Bulghar · alternative Bolghar

1. A member of a migratory Turkic people from Central Asia who conquered Moesia in the 7th century and settled what is now Bulgaria, and some of whom then migrated to the Volga basin to establish Volga Bulgaria.
2. rareA Bulgarian.

   Prince Alexander of Battenberg […] was chosen by the Bulgars as their first ruler (1879).

   1957, Walter Phelps Hall, William Stearns Davis, The course of Europe since Waterloo, page 409

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   'They need say nothing of the third Bulgar who must have been hanging about somewhere, but they must get him at all costs. He will certainly head for Paris.'

   1953, Ian Fleming, “Two Men In Straw Hats”, in Casino Royale, London: Pan Books, published 1955, page 44

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1. not comparableOf or relating to the Bulgars.

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1. The Turkic language of the Bulgar people.
2. A historical group of Turkic dialects, the only extant member of which is Chuvash.
3. rareBulgarian, the South Slavic language spoken in Bulgaria.

   Prince Alexander of Battenberg […] was erect, gallant, and a man of good will; but he lacked tact, was unable to speak Bulgar, and was soon lost in a maze of intrigue.

   1957, Walter Phelps Hall, William Stearns Davis, The course of Europe since Waterloo, page 409

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   In 1879 they elected as king Alexander of Battenberg, a nephew of the Tsarina and a gallant, well-meaning young man who, if he did not speak Bulgar, was sufficiently German by birth and training to be hostile to Russia.

   1965, Alfred A. Knopf, Europe since Napoleon, page 433