Russ
noun
a Russian.
Russ
1 American
[ruhs]
/ rʌs /
Russ
2
American
[roos]
/ rʊs /
noun
Russ
3
American
Or
Russ.
Russ
1
British
/ rʌs /
noun
RUSS
2
British
abbreviation
Russ.
3
British
abbreviation
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of Russ
From French russe, German Russe or Dutch rus, all ultimately from Old Russian Rusĭ the common East Slavic name for the East Slavic-speaking lands and peoples before c1500
Example Sentences
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Russ Hoffman of Santa Clarita, a season-ticket holder for 40 years, agrees.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
Red Robin named Whataburger marketing chief Scott Hudler as its new chief marketing officer, succeeding interim CMO Russ Klein.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Today he is helping Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought reshape the federal bureaucracy.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
"Soriot stuck to full-year sales and profits guidance and reassuring updates on the drug development pipeline also helped to boost the shares," said AJ Bell investment director Russ Mould.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
“I feel bad about taking your position,” Russ says.
From "Boy21" by Matthew Quick
“Listen, I want to help AD. I want to help Russ. AD wants to help me, help Russ and Russ wants to help us,” James said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2022
“That’s great on game day. The way he communicates on the sideline is always positive, just like Russ. So, I mean, they’re a perfect match for each other.”
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 12, 2021
“Right from the beginning, I was talking to Russ. We spent hours on the phone over this offseason talking, and we worked at stuff and understood the topics and the subjects,” Carroll said.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 28, 2021
“I ain’t Russ. It’s got to be the perfect throw, everything. So it was cool,” Paul said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 17, 2020
Dad returns and says, “Coach is coming to pick up Russ. You two can wait out front if you want to talk. But I need to go to work now.”
From "Boy21" by Matthew Quick
What the author gets at in every example, from Kokopelli petroglyphs to fragile jade flutes and the lush sets and experimental sounds of Serge Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes, is a common longing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
The gowns echoed the tight bodices and billowing tulle skirts characteristic of the Ballets Russes.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 23, 2024
They are such a contrast and yet both paintings are depictions of the same woman, Pablo Picasso's first wife, Olga Khokhlova, a Ukrainian ballerina who danced with the Ballets Russes.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2023
Her principal teacher was Lola Bravo, a doyenne of Spanish dance who also believed in the importance of classical ballet; Ms. Ramirez went on to study with Ballets Russes ballerina Alexandra Danilova.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 15, 2022
When the Ballets Russes toured Stravinsky’s second ballet, Petrushka, to Vienna in 1913, the scandalised musicians refused to play it, describing it as ‘dirty music’.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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