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Russ¹

Where it comes from

Diminutive of Russell.

proper noun

  1. A diminutive of the male given name Russell.
  2. A surname.

Russ²

Where it comes from

From German Russe etc., from Old East Slavic Русь (Rusĭ). Compare more recent Rus.

adjective more Russ · most Russ

  1. dated Of or relating to the Russians.

noun Russ · Russes

  1. dated, poetic, rare A Russian. But time will teach the Russ, ev'n conquering War Has handmaid arts: aye, aye, the Russ will woo All sciences that speed Bellona's car, All murder's tactic arts, and win them too […]

proper noun

  1. dated The Russian language.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: jacques, ross, russian, maybe, russell, russel, rich, rube, ruby, robby, rick, richie, ruslana, randon, rudi, ronny

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@misc{russ_2026,
  title = {Russ},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/russ},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}