Russians

Noun

Russian (countable and uncountable, plural Russians)

1. (countable) A native or inhabitant of Russia.
   • A grim smile plays about Tarzan’s lips. At least Rokoff will be cheated. How mad he will be! And death will be more merciful than he could have hoped for at the hands of the Russian.1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 85

   Synonyms:

   Muscovite, Rossiyan, Russ

2. (countable) A person of an East Slavic ethnic group which is native to, and constitutes the majority of the population of, Russia; an ethnic Russian.
3. (countable, obsolete) A person from the Soviet Union.
4. (uncountable) The Russian language.
   • The “little green men”—faces covered, wearing unmarked olive uniforms, speaking Russian and using Russian weapons—have played a significant role in both the occupation of Crimea and the civil war in eastern Ukraine.¹⁹⁶2015, Shane R. Reeves, David Wallace, “The Combatant Status of the “Little Green Men” and Other Participants in the Ukraine Conflict”, in International Law Studies, US Naval War College, volume 91...

   Synonyms:

   Russ

5. A domestic cat breed.
6. A cat of this breed.

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