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Definition of Slovene

1. Noun. A native of Slovenia.

Definition of Slovene

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to Slovenia, the Slovenian people or the Slovenian language. ¹

2. Noun. A person from Slovenia ¹

3. Proper noun. The official language of Slovenia ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

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Literary usage of Slovene

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New York Times Current HistoryWorld War, 1914-1918 (1920)
"THE NEW YORK TIMES CURRENT HISTORY CHAPTER I. ARTICLE 1—The Serb-Croat-slovene State undertakes that the stipulations contained in Articles 2 to 8 of this ..."

2. American Jewish Year Book by American Jewish Committee, Jewish Publication Society of America (1920)
"The Serb-Croat-slovene State undertakes to put no hindrance in the way of the exercise of the right which the persons concerned have, under the Treaties ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"The first zone will be occupied by the troops of the Serb-Croat-slovene ... If the vote is in favour of the Serb-Croat-slovene State, a plebiscite will be ..."

4. The Modern Woman's Rights Movement: A Historical Survey by Käthe Schirmacher (1912)
"The women preponderate numerically. The slovene woman's rights movement is still incipient; it was stimulated by Zofka ..."

5. The Spirit of Russia: Studies in History, Literature and Philosophy by Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (1919)
"Peculiarly difficult is the position of the smallest Slav nation, the slovene. Oppressed by two great civilised peoples the Italians and the Germans, ..."

6. Zones of Strain: A Memoir of the Early Cold War by Alfred Connor Bowman (1982)
"Educated readers fluent in the Italian or slovene tongues, or both, ... The communist and slovene language press reported the following day that I spoke ..."

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