russian
IPA: rˈʌʃʌn
Root Word: Russian
noun
- (countable) An ethnic Russian: a member of the East Slavic ethnic group which is native to, and constitutes the majority of the population of, Russia.
- (countable) A person from Russia.
- (countable, obsolete) A person from the Soviet Union
- (uncountable) The Russian language.
- A domestic cat breed.
- A cat of this breed.
- (juggling, rare in the singular) A type of juggling ball with a hard outer shell, filled with salt, sand or another similar substance.
- (MLE, slang) Someone from or around Brandon Estate (also known as Moscow).
- (MLE, slang) A gun (due to some preference for Russian arms with gang members).
adjective
- Of or pertaining to Russia.
- (dated) Of or pertaining to the Soviet Union.
- (dated) Of or pertaining to Rus.
- Of or pertaining to the Russian language.
- (slang, humorous, offensive, derogatory) Russian.
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Examples of "russian" in Sentences
- The Russians' revenge was merciless.
- The emergence of Russian futurist books.
- The Russian is captured and interrogated.
- He is conversant in Japanese and Russian.
- The pursuit of the Russian troops continued.
- The Russian Empire was encumbered by the war.
- Mamai sought to punish the Russians for disobedience.
- She graduated the university as a Russian philologist.
- It was about russian and Soviet counterespionage failures.
- The Russian Customs Tariff is the customs duty for the Russian Federation.