Trubetzkoy

American  

[troo-bit-skoi, troo-byits-koi] / ˌtru bɪtˈskɔɪ, tru byɪtsˈkɔɪ /

Or Trubetskoi,

noun

1. N(ikolai) S(ergeievich) 1890–1938, Russian linguist in Austria.

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Example Sentences

For three years, Trubetzkoy and his Turkish-garbed “valet” traveled to Germany and Austria in the autumn, Italy in the winter, France in the spring, and England in summers.

From Washington Post • Mar. 30, 2023

Forever homesick, Said persuaded Trubetzkoy to give him a year’s leave with sizable back pay so that he could return to Africa.

From Washington Post • Mar. 30, 2023

Instead, Said found a Russian to take over his indenture, Nicholas Vassilievich Trubetzkoy, a 22-year-old godson of Czar Nicholas, who taught him Russian.

From Washington Post • Mar. 30, 2023

Spring was three or four weeks old, but cell No. — on the first floor of the Trubetzkoy Bastion, Fortress of Peter and Paul, had not yet tasted its caressing breath.

From The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia by Cahan, Abraham