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Russ

proper nounadjectivenounproper nouncommon in dialogue

A diminutive of the male given name Russell.

proper noun

  1. 1

    A diminutive of the male given name Russell.

  2. 2

    A surname.

Etymology

Diminutive of Russell.

adjective

  1. 1

    datedOf or relating to the Russians.

Etymology

From German Russe etc., from Old East Slavic Русь (Rusĭ). Compare more recent Rus.

noun

  1. 1

    datedA Russian.

    But time will teach the Russ, ev'n conquering War Has handmaid arts: aye, aye, the Russ will woo All sciences that speed Bellona's car, All murder's tactic arts, and win them too […]

proper noun

  1. 1

    datedThe Russian language.

Forms

plural
Russes
comparative
more Russ
superlative
most Russ
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

Rank among the words of the OpenSubtitles 2018 corpus — film and television subtitles, so spoken rather than written usage (CC BY-SA 3.0).