Russian
['rʌʃ(ə)n] or ['rʌʃən]
Definition
(noun.) the Slavic language that is the official language of Russia.
(noun.) a native or inhabitant of Russia.
(adj.) of or pertaining to or characteristic of Russia or its people or culture or language; 'Russian dancing' .
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Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to Russia, its inhabitants, or language.
(n.) A native or inhabitant of Russia; the language of Russia.
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Definition
adj. relating to Russia a country of Europe or to its people.—n. a native of Russia: the Russian language.—adj. Russ belonging to the Russians.—n. a Russian: the Russian language.—v.t. Russ′ianise to give Russian characteristics to.—n. Russificā′tion.—v.t. Rus′sify to Russianise.—ns. Rus′so-Byzan′tine the national art of Russian architecture; Rus′sophile one who favours Russian policy (also adj.); Rus′sophilism; Rus′sophilist; Rus′sophobe one who dreads or hates the Russians—also Rus′sophobist; Russophō′bia the dread of Russian policy.—Russia leather (see Leather).
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n. A person with a Caucasian body and a Mongolian soul. A Tartar Emetic.
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Examples
- Closing tarred Russian hemp cable, 15-3/4 inch circumference, for Argentine Battleship Rivadavia. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- After getting our lunch and upon reaching the sidewalk, Borst opened his mouth, and said: 'That's a great place; a plate of cakes, a cup of coffee, and a Russian bath, for ten cents. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Napoleon, thwarted of a Russian princess, snubbed indeed by Alexander, turned to Austria, and married the arch-duchess Marie Louise. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I wonder what the Russian stand is on the whole business? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Tesla in the United States, Branly and Ducretet in France, Righi in Italy, the Russian savant, Popoff, and Professor Lodge, of England, have all made contributions to this art. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- If the treaty had reached, let us say, the French or Russian Foreign Office, you would expect to hear of it? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Turkish elements in Russian, Latin in English, Hamitic in Keltic, & so forth; & omitting various Indian, Melanesian & other groups. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There were also ineffectual revolts in Italy and Germany in 1830, and a much more serious one in Russian Poland. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It was premature disillusionment that caused the Russian collapse. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I had expected every Russian to be absorbed in the struggle. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- It almost supersedes the Bible-' 'Yes--Flux of Corruption,' said the Russian, 'I remember that phrase. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- A weed like the Russian thistle, for instance, will defy all usual means for its extermination. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- There are several varieties, as the Irish greyhound, the Scottish, the Russian, the Italian and the Turkish. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- There was a series of battles, in which the Russian armies were finally defeated and the Grand Duke of Kieff taken prisoner. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He was smoking one of the Russian cigarettes and in the glow, as he drew on the cigarette, his round face showed. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- No one could tell from the bodies of these wounded men he would leave in beds at the Palace, that they were Russians. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He had three wounded Russians in the Palace Hotel for whom he was responsible. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- It failed after some preliminary successes and another great slaughtering of Russians. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The other Russians had taken no part in the conversation. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- I know even up to and through the Russians, although only a few speak Spanish. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- So it was that by the middle of the eighteenth century the Russians and Chinese were in contact in Mongolia. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I threw in a figure now and then that surprised those Russians. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- She would take it very ill of me; besides, I wish Amy would send some of those dirty Russians away. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Here it reports the purging of more of thy famous Russians. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Perhaps he would have wintered in Moscow, but the Russians smoked him out; they set fire to and burnt most of the city. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- These Russians, my dear. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The Russians did, to trap Napoleon. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Do you like the Russians? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- She has got a little Portuguese, besides the Russians, coming to her to-night, said I; the Count Palmella. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Johnston has called them Aryan Russians. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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