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russels

russels is the plural of russel.

Meaning of russel

Noun

russel (countable and uncountable, plural russels)

  1. (historical) A twilled woolen material.
  2. (countable, obsolete) A fox.
    • And dan ruſſel the fox stert up at onys
      And be gorget hent chanteclere
      And on his bake toward the wode him bere.1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Tale of the Nonnes Preest”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of...

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Questions about russels

What is russels the plural of?
Russels is the plural of russel.

Words near russels in the dictionary

  1. russellophiid
  2. russellophiids
  3. russellosaurine
  4. russellosaurines
  5. Russellville
  6. russels
  7. Russenorsk
  8. Russes
  9. russet
  10. Russet Burbank
  11. Russet Burbanks

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