pan-Serb

pan-Serb

English

Etymology

From pan- +‎ Serb.

Adjective

pan-Serb (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to the unity of Serbs across the Balkan Peninsula; especially, adhering to cultural or political projects to further such unity.
   • 1983, John D Treadway, The Falcon and the Eagle, p. 8:

     Ultimately, Nicholas aspired to a pan-Serb ideal, desiring nothing less than the resurrection of the medieval Serb empire with himself upon Dusan's throne.

   • 2003, Rusmir Mahmutćehajić, Sarajevo Essays, p. 55:

     As for Bosnian Serbs, they still focus on the alluring aspirations of a pan-Serb center, aspirations that are directly opposed to the unification of Bosnia.

   • 2012, Christopher Clark, The Sleepwalkers, Penguin 2013, p. 61:

     Jovanović, for one thing, was […] a senior pan-Serb activist with the classical career profile of an ultra-nationalist.

Derived terms

• pan-Serbism

Anagrams

• p-branes