Definition of Russian

Rumor

RUSSIAN noun

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

		definition from: *The Devil's Dictionary* by Ambrose Bierce, 1911

Sabbath

Regular definition:

RUSSIAN:
?r???n 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. øRussian 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. øøRussianize v.tr. (also -ise). Russianization n. Russianness n. [med.L Russianus]

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