adj
Meaning 1
Of or pertaining to Russia or Russians.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Muscovite, Rossiyan, Russ
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adj
Of or pertaining to Russia or Russians.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: Muscovite, Rossiyan, Russ
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Of or pertaining to the Soviet Union.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
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Synonyms: Soviet
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adj
Of or pertaining to Rus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
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adj
Of or pertaining to the Russian language.
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adj
Russian.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory, humorous, offensive, slang
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name
A surname.
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noun
A citizen of Russia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Synonyms: Muscovite, Rossiyan, Russ
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noun
A person of an East Slavic ethnic group which is native to, and constitutes the majority of the population of, Russia; an ethnic Russian.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
A person from the Soviet Union.
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Usage: countable, obsolete
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noun
The Russian language.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: Russ
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noun
A domestic cat breed.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A cat of this breed.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A type of juggling ball with a hard outer shell, filled with salt, sand or another similar substance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, rare, singular, uncountable
Topics: arts, hobbies, juggling, lifestyle, performing-arts, sports
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noun
Someone from or around Brandon Estate (also known as Moscow).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Multicultural-London-English, countable, slang, uncountable
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noun
A gun (due to some preference for Russian arms with gang members).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Multicultural-London-English, countable, slang, uncountable
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noun
A kind of sausage derived from Russian kolbasa.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: South-Africa, countable, uncountable
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noun
A Russian person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory, humorous, offensive, slang
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verb
To compel or force someone as a result of Russian influence or pressure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
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adjective
of or pertaining to or characteristic of Russia or its people or culture or language
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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noun
the Slavic language that is the official language of Russia
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: Slavic, Slavic language, Slavonic, Slavonic language
noun
a native or inhabitant of Russia
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: native, indigen, indigene, aborigine, aboriginal
Narrower terms: Tatar, Udmurt, Votyak, Komi, Cheremis, Cheremiss, Mari, Ingrian, Inger, Ingerman, Karelian, Carelian, Ostyak, Khanty, Mordva, Mordvin, Mordvinian, Nganasan, Selkup, Ostyak-Samoyed, Samoyed, Veps, Vepse, Vepsian, Vogul, Mansi, Yeniseian, Great Russian, Muscovite, Georgian, Siberian, Chechen
History
From Medieval Latin (11th century) Russiānus, from Russia, a Latinization of the Old East Slavic Русь (Rusĭ)) + -ānus (“of or pertaining to”). Attested in English (both as a noun and as an adjective) from the 16th century. By surface analysis, Russia + -an. Piecewise doublet of Rossiyan.
Blend of Russian + SS (“Schutzstaffel”), implying that the Russian character is fascistic. Compare with Russian руSSкий (ruSSkij).
Across languages
792 source translations are retained for this English entry.