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proper noun

Czech n.

One of the Czechs; an inhabitant or native of the Czech Republic.

The language of the Czechs (often called Bohemian), the harshest and richest of the Slavic languages.

Of or pertaining to Czechoslovakia or the Czech Republic.

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Etymology of 'Czech'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Czech" Quotes from Famous Books

... advised us not to talk German in Prague. For years racial animosity between the German minority and the Czech majority has raged throughout Bohemia, and to be mistaken for a German in certain streets of Prague is inconvenient to a man whose staying powers in a race are not what once they were. However, we did talk ...

— Three Men on the Bummel • Jerome K. Jerome

... he told himself with conviction that he was not a real teacher, but simply a government employe, as commonplace and mediocre as the Czech who taught Greek. He had never had a vocation for teaching, he knew nothing of the theory of teaching, and never had been interested in the subject; he did not know how to treat children; he did not understand the significance of what he taught, and perhaps ...

— The Party and Other Stories • Anton Chekhov

Words linked to "Czech" : Slavonic language, Slavic, Czechoslovakian, European, Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, Slavonic, Slavic language, Czech capital