Croat

Meaning

Noun

A native or inhabitant of Croatia; a person of Croatian ethnicity.
An irregular soldier, generally from Croatia.
The Croatian lect.

Origin

From Medieval Latin Croata, from Proto-Slavic *xorvatъ, the Croatian autonym. It, in turn, is probably of non-Slavic origin: it is probably from an Iranian or Germanic language. cravat.

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