Magyar

[ mag-yahr, mahg-; Hungarian mo-dyor ]

noun

a member of the ethnic group, of Finno-Ugric descent, that constitutes the majority of the population of Hungary.
Hungarian (def. 3).

adjective

of or relating to the Magyars or their language; Hungarian.

Origin of Magyar

First recorded in 1790–1800; from Hungarian; the name of the most prominent of the seven original seminomadic tribes

Other words from Magyar

non-Mag·yar, noun, adjective

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How to use Magyar in a sentence

This may be so, for when the Magyars conquered the country in the eleventh century they found the Huns settled in it.
Dracula | Bram Stoker
The Russians themselves are very numerous—would that the Magyars could boast of the fifth part of their number!
The Romany Rye | George Borrow
"If you are Magyars, follow me," said Talabor, and the strangers obeyed.
'Neath the Hoof of the Tartar | Mikls Jsika
In 1900 Slovaks were brought in, and two years later there came large numbers of Magyars, followed by Croatians.
Our Foreigners | Samuel P. Orth
For these heroic mountaineers, too, were Mongols, kinsmen of the martial Turkomans and chivalrous Magyars.
The Popular Science Monthly, October, 1900 | Various

British Dictionary definitions for Magyar

Magyar

/ (ˈmæɡjɑː) /

noun

plural -yars a member of the predominant ethnic group of Hungary, also found in NW Siberia
the Hungarian language

adjective

of or relating to the Magyars or their language
sewing of or relating to a style of sleeve cut in one piece with the bodice

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