Vlach
(vlæk)
Also 9 Vlache.
[a. Bulg. vlakh or Serb. vlah, = OSlav. vlakhŭ Romanian, Italian, Czech vlach Italian, Pol. włoch Italian, wołoch Walachian, ORuss. volokh Walachian, Italian; these terms are Slavonic adoptions of the Germanic walh (OHG. walh, walah, MHG. walch; OE. wealh) foreigner, applied especially to Celts and Latins. See Walach and Welsh a.]
A member of the Latin-speaking race occupying portions of south-eastern Europe; a Walachian or Romanian.
| 1841 Penny Cycl. XXII. 246/2 The Vlaches, or Wallachians, only live in the most south-western angle of the empire [of Russia]. 1886 Encycl. Brit. XXI. 16/1 They call themselves ‘Romani’ or ‘Rumeni’, but by their neighbours..they are universally known by one or other form of the word ‘Vlach’. 1901 Speaker 21 Sept. 683/2 The alliance..would array the scattered Vlachs of Macedonia once more on the Greek side. |
| attrib. 1886 Encycl. Brit. XXI. 16/1 This Vlach or Rouman race occupies a far wider area than that included in the present Roumanian kingdom. 1905 Speaker 23 Sept. 580/1 The Greek bands..fell to murdering the leaders of the Vlach movement. |
Hence
Vlachian (
ˈvleɪkɪən),
a.| 1886 Encycl. Brit. XXI. 19/1 The officials bearing for the most part Slavonic titles derived from the practice of the Bulgaro-Vlachian czardom. 1909 Q. Rev. April 681 Not the least interesting constituent of this chaotic population is the Vlachian. |