Phrase guide
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adj
Of or relating to Russians with tsarist or anti-Soviet sympathies in the period directly following the Revolution in 1917.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adj
Of or relating to Belarus, literally "White Russia", or its language.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, obsolete
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name
The Belarusian language.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
A cocktail consisting of coffee liqueur, vodka, and milk.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: Caucasian
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noun
A White Guardist, a Russian who did not support the Socialists in the Revolution in 1917 and the Russian Civil War (1917–1923), and afterwards (e.g. as a White émigré).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, historical, uncountable
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noun
A Belarusian person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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Synonyms: Belarusan, Belarusian, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian
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noun
Alternative letter-case form of White Russian (“cocktail consisting of coffee liqueur, vodka, and milk”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, countable, uncountable
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noun
Alternative letter-case form of White Russian (“a cocktail consisting of coffee liqueur, vodka, and milk”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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noun
the Slavic language spoken in Belarus
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Belarusian, Byelorussian
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Slavic, Slavic language, Slavonic, Slavonic language
noun
a cocktail made with vodka, coffee liqueur, and milk or cream
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: cocktail
noun
a native or inhabitant of Byelorussia
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Byelorussian, Belorussian
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: European
History
(cocktail): The word white refers to the milk, while Russian refers to the vodka.
Across languages
25 source translations are retained for this English entry.
