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Ivan
(ˈaɪvən, ‖ iˈvan)
[Russ., = John.]
Used for: a Russian, esp. a Russian soldier (as typical of the Russian army).
[1870Brewer's Dict. Phr. & Fable 448/1 Ivanovitch, a lazy, good-natured person, the national impersonation of the Russians as a people, as John Bull is of the English. 1890Webster, Ivan Ivanovitch, an ideal personification of the typical Russian or of the Russian people;—used as ‘John Bull’ is used for the typical Englishman.] 1925Fraser & Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 129 Ivan, the everyday name in the Russian Army, at any rate down to 1916, for a private soldier, equivalent to our ‘Tommy Atkins’. 1959M. Crosland tr. Rovan's Germany 51 The Russian ‘Ivan’ is the brutal sub-man and the giant with the kind, noble and spontaneous heart..[to] the German spectator. 1968‘B. Mather’ Springers xii. 128 We'd knocked off quite a few of their side so far, and even dedicated Ivans could be expected to show a little exacerbation under the circumstances. 1971C. Egleton Last Post for Partisan xvii. 174 So long as the Ivan kept on coming he wasn't worried. 1972Guardian 8 Sept. 12/4 A situation in which Ivan continues to come a lot cheaper than GI Joe. |