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 Catron learned to make his shorter-term stints managing plants a selling point.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Today he is helping Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought reshape the federal bureaucracy.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
"We are all stunned and elated by this discovery, yet also humbled to remember what happened in that place so long ago," said Russ Matthews, president of the Air/Sea Heritage Foundation.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
“People are going to get to see a different side of Russ, which I’m excited about,” the former NFL receiver said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2026
“Maybe Coach was just exaggerating? Maybe Russ isn’t that good?”
From "Boy21" by Matthew Quick
“I’ll sit down with Russ. TLue will sit down with Russ, talk with his representatives and you kind of outline what the role is going forward,” Frank said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2024
“You sound like Russ. Don’t get ahead of yourself. Let’s take it one baby at a time,” she said with a laugh.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2023
“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
“It’s a great team, great organization, a great quarterback in Russ. I told him: ‘I’m riding with you.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 12, 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
It emerged at the same time as Fauvism in painting and lasted a year longer than Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes, which dazzled audiences with ravishing, often exotic visions, sets and costumes ablaze in jewel tones.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
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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