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russian

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Adjective, Noun
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Rus=sian

CIDE DICTIONARY

russiana. 
     Of or pertaining to Russia, its inhabitants, or language.
Russian bath. See under Bath.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

russian, n. & adj.
--n.
1 a a native or national of Russia or the Soviet Union. b a person of Russian descent.
2 the language of Russia and the official language of the Soviet Union.
--adj.
1 of or relating to Russia.
2 of or in Russian.

Idiom
Russian boot a boot that loosely encloses the calf. Russian olive = OLEASTER. Russian roulette
1 an act of daring in which one (usu. with others in turn) squeezes the trigger of a revolver held to one's head with one chamber loaded, having first spun the chamber.
2 a potentially dangerous enterprise. Russian salad a salad of mixed diced vegetables with mayonnaise.
Derivative
Russianize v.tr. (also -ise). Russianization n. Russianness n.
Etymology
med.L Russianus

DEVIL DICTIONARY

russian

n. A person with a Caucasian body and a Mongolian soul. A Tartar Emetic.

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