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  • proper noun Plural form of Croat.

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Examples

  • Perhaps the one major problem with respect to the Croats was the tendency of Austrian commanders to disperse them in penny packets throughout the army.

    Archive 2008-01-01 Der Alte Fritz 2008

  • The Croats were a force of light infantry recruited from the border areas of the Habsburg Empire.

    Archive 2008-01-01 Der Alte Fritz 2008

  • But, while the Serbs cast their lot with Byzantium and the Orthodox Church, the Croats were the first Slavic tribe to pull free of the Byzantine influence and establish their own kingdom.

    Sands of Empire Robert W. Merry 2005

  • But, while the Serbs cast their lot with Byzantium and the Orthodox Church, the Croats were the first Slavic tribe to pull free of the Byzantine influence and establish their own kingdom.

    Sands of Empire Robert W. Merry 2005

  • But, while the Serbs cast their lot with Byzantium and the Orthodox Church, the Croats were the first Slavic tribe to pull free of the Byzantine influence and establish their own kingdom.

    Sands of Empire Robert W. Merry 2005

  • But, while the Serbs cast their lot with Byzantium and the Orthodox Church, the Croats were the first Slavic tribe to pull free of the Byzantine influence and establish their own kingdom.

    Sands of Empire Robert W. Merry 2005

  • SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: I think we have made very clear our view that the Serbs and the Croats are the ones who should show greater flexibility here.

    Background Briefing On Izetbegovic ITY National Archives 1993

  • Dalmatians and the Croats, which is to say that there is none.

    The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1 Henry Baerlein 1917

  • Among those whom these proceedings and those at Zagreb brought into European prominence were the Pribičević brothers, a very zealous family of Croatian Serbs, that is to say Croats belonging to the Orthodox Church.

    The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1 Henry Baerlein 1917

  • The name Croatia is derived from that of a people called Croats

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913

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