Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A member of a Slavic people inhabiting the region of Lusatia in eastern Germany and southwest Poland.

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  • proper noun A Slavic people living in parts of East Germany.
  • proper noun A person belonging to this people.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[German Sorbe, perhaps variant of Serbe, Serb, from Serbian Srb, Serb.]

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Examples

  • They even have all the street names and other public language notices in both German and Sorb a Slavic language.

    French linguistic politics | Linguism 2008

  • This is subdivided into the Lechish languages and into Slovak, Bohemians, and Sorb tongues.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913

  • Sorb wrote: Unfortunately only PHP 5.1.6 is packaged with Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.4.

    phpBB.com Sorb 2010

  • I Sorb Raged about 2/3 of the way through the first half - the Wife was not impressed and has told me I'm not allowed to play "that game" again.

    Blogposts | guardian.co.uk 2010

  • Zorbit's main product is Peat Sorb, a 100\% natural oil absorbent manufactured from Canadian sphagnum peat moss.

    Business News Americas - Top Stories 2009

  • Sorb .. i'd be up for a game .. but may well end up down the pub.

    The Guardian World News 2009

  • The Wild Sorb, or Mountain Ash. Although we generally fee this fpecies in a fhrubby underwood It ate, it will neverthelefs, if properly trained, grow to a tree of the middle fize.

    Planting and Ornamental Gardening: A Practical Treatise 1785

  • Arclin Announces E-Natural (TM) and E-Sorb (TM), the Most Advanced Low and Zero Emitting Binders for Composite Wood Panels Arclin Announces the Addition of its Portland, OR and Hayward, WI Facilities to its FSC Chain of Custody Certification

    unknown title 2009

  • Arclin Announces E-Natural (TM) and E-Sorb (TM), the Most Advanced Low and Zero Emitting Binders for Composite Wood Panels Arclin Announces the Addition of its Portland, OR and Hayward, WI Facilities to its FSC Chain of Custody Certification

    unknown title 2009

  • Arclin Announces E-Natural (TM) and E-Sorb (TM), the Most Advanced Low and Zero Emitting Binders for Composite Wood Panels

    unknown title 2009

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