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 see Russ as a role player, a damned good one, but he’s a role player. It’s LeBron first, AD second and then Russ. He can get his stuff on the break.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2021
“As far as Russ, we need Russ to be Russ. We don’t need Russ to change for anybody,” James said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2021
“I’m not Gilbert, John or Russ. Those are all dudes with very interesting personalities,” Dinwiddie said Monday.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 9, 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
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
This collection’s pink and white aquarelle palette evoked the vibrant style of the Ballets Russes as envisioned by Léon Bakst and Sergei Diaghilev.
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
The premiere of Stravinsky’s “Renard,” performed by Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes, had just ended.
From Washington Post ● May 18, 2022
Stravinsky had mischievous fun pillaging music’s dusty back catalogue with the ballet Pulcinella for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes company in 1920.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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