Boris

proper nouncommon in dialogue

United Kingdom//ˈbɒɹɪs//
United States//ˈbɔɹɪs//
//ˈbɑɹɪs//

A male given name from the Slavic languages.

proper noun

1
A male given name from the Slavic languages.
Boris Johnson, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (2019–2022)
2000 January, Frank McCourt (interviewee), Morning Edition, National Public Radio It's not like a Russian novel, where you read nine hundred forty-three pages and then finally Boris the peasant decides to commit suicide, and you wish he’d done it on page four. It’s not like that at all.
A cryptocurrency linked to former Trump White House strategist Steve Bannon and Trump adviser Boris Epshteyn has caught the attention of federal prosecutors in New York, who have started looking into it, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News.
2
slangA person of Russian descent.

Etymology

Borrowed from Bulgarian Бори́с (Borís).

Forms

plural: Borises

Borgia · A surname. Famously borne by the House of Borgia, a prominent…boring · The act or process of boring holes; such practice as an area…Boring · A surname.

Boris · A male given name from the Slavic languages.

born · Having from birth (or as if from birth) a certain quality or…Born · A surname from English.borne · carried, supported.

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