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▪ I. Russ, n. and a.|rʌs|
Forms: 6 Rows(s)e, Rousse, 6–8 Russe, 7 Rush, 7– Russ.
[ad. Russ. Rusĭ, native name of the people and country. Cf. Sw. Ryss, Du. Rus, G. and F. Russe.]
A. n.
1. A Russian. Now rare.
1567Jenkinson in Tolstoy 40 Yrs. Intercourse Eng. & Russia (1875) 38 To assist and ayde such Russes as be my freinds. 1574in Hakluyt Voy. (1598) I. i. 396 They..slew divers of the Russes that were of the ship. 1600G. Abbot Jonah 450 In our age there is not the Russe but hath his solemne Senate. 1655J. Cotgrave Wits Interpr. (1662) 270 The Rush, Turk,..and Grecian. Ibid., The Rush with sable furrs his cap. 1667Pepys Diary 8 Sept., Here were some Russes come to see the King at dinner. 1709Mrs. Manley Secret Mem. (1720) III. 303 A Party of the Goths and wild Russes came down to seek for Booty. 1784Cowper Task v. 129 Imperial mistress of the fur-clad Russ! 1822Byron Juan viii. cxx, Some twenty times he made the Russ retire. 1897‘Ouida’ Massarenes xxxix, There are [at Cannes] no end of Germans and Russes to play with.
Comb.1882Times 10 Apr. 7/1 [Bismarck] annihilated the old Conventional, Russ-ridden Bund.
†b. An adherent of the Russian Church. Obs.
1607T. Rogers 39 Art. (1853) 278 We also condemn the opinion of the Russes, that there is such necessity of baptism. 1635E. Pagitt Christianogr. 66 The Russes and the Greeks do not elevate the consecrated Bread to be worshipped at the Altar.
2. The Russian language.
1571A. Jenkinson Voy. & Trav. (Hakl. Soc.) II. 285 When the said lettre shalbe translated into rowse. 1753Hanway Trav. (1762) II. iii. xxxii. 144 With the assistance of the tartar boy, who spoke turkish and russ, I found my way to the sea-coast. 1851Proc. Philol. Soc. V. 27 The Ruthenian dialect..partakes of the character both of the Polish and Russ. 1882Sala Amer. Revis. (1885) 31, I tried my hardest..to learn a little Russ.
B. adj. Russian.
1574in Hakluyt Voy. (1598) I. i. 396 Certaine Russe Cassaks, which are outlawes or banished men. a1618Raleigh Rem. (1661) 7 As in the Russe and Turkish Government. 1716J. Perry State of Russia 7 note, A Ruble is 100 Russ Copecks. 1745H. Walpole Corr. (1846) II. 12 The Russ tongue. 1822Byron Juan vii. xxix, The Russ flotilla getting under way.
▪ II. Russ
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