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Cheremis(s|ˈtʃɛrəmɪs|
Also Tcheremiss.
[Russ.]
(One of) a Finnish people living in the region of the middle Volga. Also, the Finno-Ugric language of this people. Also attrib. Hence Chereˈmissian a. and n.
1652Heylin Cosmogr. ii. 158 Under the Government hereof are the Czeremissi, a people that live in great Forrests without any houses. Ibid. 159 A people much of the same nature with the Czeremissois. 1850R. G. Latham Nat. Hist. Man i. 99 The Tcheremiss. Locality.—The left bank of the Middle Volga. 1879Encycl. Brit. IX. 219/2 The Volga Finns include the Cheremissian on the left bank of the Volga. 1885Ibid. XVIII. 550/1 The population [of Perm, Russia] in 1881 amounted to 2,520,100... It consisted chiefly of Great Russians..including..8000 Tcheremisses. 1900Westm. Gaz. 19 July 2/3 In Cheremissian..I could have been a stylist. 1933L. Bloomfield Language iv. 68 Four further branches of the Finno-Ugrian stock..are Mordvine..; Cheremiss [etc.]. 1957Encycl. Brit. XIV. 889/1 The Marii were called by the Russians Cheremis. |