Croat

noun

ˈkrō-ˌat How to pronounce Croat (audio)
 also  ˈkrō(-ə)t
Croat adjective

Examples of Croat in a Sentence

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The Croat has set up a bunch of buoys with methane bombs on them and the New Babylon ferry crashes right into them. Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 11 May 2025 Unfortunately, The Croat, being a complete and total tattletale, blabbed to The Dama that Negan had hesitated. Charlie Mason, TVLine, 11 May 2025 At the end of the first season, Maggie betrayed Negan by trading him for the return of her son, Hershel (Logan Kim), and handing Negan over to Croat (Željko Ivanek). Christopher Rudolph, People.com, 5 May 2025 The Croat is a massive fan of the Serb, and intends to build his attack around Vlahovic. Emmet Gates, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025 Jude Bellingham is in front Fede Valverde, Ceballos and the Croat in the heart of midfield, and the rejig means there is space for right winger Brahim Diaz to team up with a Kylian Mbappe that Ancelotti confesses is not at his best on the front line because Roodrygo had to be discarded. Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024 The Srebrenica killings were the bloody crescendo of Bosnia’s 1992-95 war, which came after the breakup of Yugoslavia unleashed nationalist passions and territorial ambitions that set Bosnian Serbs against the country’s two other main ethnic populations, Croats and Muslim Bosniaks. Edith M. Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 May 2024 The Austrian was appointed in March after Croat Niko Kovac was sacked with the club in fear of relegation. Greg O'Keeffe, The Athletic, 24 Aug. 2024 The Croat saved another match point at 6-5 in the third set to force a tiebreaker, and Paolini jumped in the air after finally winning, beaming again. Ava Wallace, Washington Post, 11 July 2024

Word History

Etymology

New Latin Croata, from Croatian & Serbian Hrvat

First Known Use

1657, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of Croat was in 1657

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“Croat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Croat. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

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Croat

noun
ˈkrō-ˌat How to pronounce Croat (audio)
ˈkrō(-ə)t
Croat adjective

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