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Russ

1 American  
[ruhs] / rʌs /

noun

plural

Russ, Russes
  1. a Russian.

  2. Archaic. the Russian language.


adjective

  1. Russian.

Russ 2 American  
[roos] / rʊs /

noun

  1. Niemen.


Russ 3 American  
Or Russ.

abbreviation

  1. Russia.

  2. Russian.


Russ 1 British  
/ rʌs /

noun

  1. an archaic word for Russian

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RUSS 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. Russia (international car registration)

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Russ. 3 British  

abbreviation

  1. Russia(n)

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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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However, Russ Mould investment director at AJ Bell said comments out of Washington and Tehran seemed to come from "parallel worlds".

From BBC

Russ Mould from the investment platform AJ Bell says business models that are better suited to carrying debt "tend to be asset-backed and come with fairly stable, predictable demand and cash flows".

From BBC

Holger Russ, Ph.D., associate professor of Pharmacology and Therapeutics at the University of Florida, is a leader in stem cell research for T1D.

From Science Daily

Powell later explained, in letters to White House budget director Russ Vought and to Scott, why he believed his testimony had been accurate.

From The Wall Street Journal

But at a conference in September, Kimberly-Clark Chief Operating Officer Russ Torres said that over recent years, the company had “premiumized” its selection of diapers and facial tissues in North America.

From MarketWatch