Russ

¹

[ruhs]

noun

plural

Russ, Russes 

1. a Russian.

2. Archaic.,  the Russian language.

adjective

1. Russian.

Russ

²

[roos]

noun

1. Niemen.

Russ

³

Or Russ.

abbreviation

1. Russia.

2. Russian.

Russ

¹

/ rʌs /

noun

1. an archaic word for Russian

RUSS

²

abbreviation

1. Russia (international car registration)

Russ.

³

abbreviation

1. Russia(n)

Word History and Origins

Origin of Russ¹

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

"This is the risk of shutting down the government and handing the keys to Russ Vought."

From BBC

Russ Vought, director of Office Management and Budget, announced the cuts Wednesday, calling the projects part of the “Green New Scam” and “the Left’s climate agenda.”

From Salon

Russ finds a second wind when he tries out for a college football team as a walk-on quarterback, wearing heavy prosthetics and acting under the guise of a fabricated identity: Chad Powers.

From Los Angeles Times

"I can't really put into words actually, it was just golden," said Russ Middleton, a former police officer turned Head of Intelligence for LACS.

From BBC

Although it serves the practical and philosophical purposes of the story, Chad, who comes off as a sweet idiot, doesn’t make sense as a person Russ would imagine or inhabit.

From Los Angeles Times