单词 | black russian |
释义 | Black Russiann.adj. A. n. 1. A native or inhabitant of the historical region of Black Ruthenia, in the western part of modern Belarus. Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > Slav people > Russian peoples > [noun] Ruthene1548 Ruthenian1555 Ruthenian1594 Ruthene1611 White Russian1659 Black Russian1661 Great Russian1783 Little Russian1799 Malo-Russian1810 Rusnak1823 Rusyn1835 Belorussian1872 Belarusian1951 1661 J. Davies tr. D. Blondel Treat. Sibyls ii. xlv. 235 Hypatius, Arch-Bishop of the Black-Russians, who (to comply with the King of Poland, Father of the last-deceased) had submitted to the Church of Rome. 1849 in J. Couch tr. Pliny Nat. Hist. II. vi. xiii. 111 (note) At this [sc. Pliny's] day, [the Scythians comprised] the Moschovites, white and black Russians, Georgians, Amazonians, and the less Tartary. 1893 J. C. Ridpath Great Races Mankind III. xiii. 118/2 Ryngold, a Lithuanian chieftain, succeeded in..conquering a large extent of territory from the adjacent races, particularly the Russians. It was thus that the class of people known as Black Russians were constituted. 2003 J. Riordan in H. E. Davidson & A. Chaudhri Compan. Fairy Tale xiv. 217 Initially three of the tribes were called according to hair colour: red, black, and white Russians... The black Russians became ‘Little’ or ‘Minor Russians’. 2. A cocktail made with vodka and coffee liqueur, often mixed with cola. Cf. White Russian n. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > cocktail > [noun] > vodka cocktail Bloody Mary1939 Moscow mule1944 screwdriver1948 vodka martini1953 vodkatini1955 Black Russian1957 White Russian1965 bloody1967 vodka Collins1969 Bloody Caesar1972 vodka gimlet1974 kamikaze1979 Sex on the Beach1986 caipiroska1990 appletini1997 1957 Los Angeles Times 26 Nov. a8/4 The Black Russian is subversive!.. Vodka and Kahlua over ice. 1960 Manitowoc (Wisconsin) Herald-Times 4 June 10/6 Bartenders are serving a drink called the ‘Black Russian’. 1974 R. L. Hill Nails v. 43 The Tia Maria in a Black Russian was precisely metered. 2005 Cosmopolitan Aug. 77/2 It's 1am now and the women bar-hop down the strip, drinking cheap Black Russians..as they go. B. adj. Of or relating to the historical region of Black Ruthenia; of or belonging to the Black Russians (see sense A. 1). historical (now rare). ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of Russia, the Russian Empire, or the Soviet Union > [adjective] Russa1525 Muscovite1577 Russian1583 Russie1589 Muscovitish1622 Russic1670 Great Russian1799 Black Russian1827 Russki1835 Rooshian1845 Soviet1920 Mordvian1953 1827 Classical Jrnl. Dec. 181 About 1595 Cyrillus was dispatched by his relation..into Poland, on a mission connected with the welfare of the Lithuanian and Black Russian churches of the Greek comunion [sic]. 1940 W. Allen Ukraine ii. 41 He [sc. Mendovg] married his daughter to a son of Daniel, and to another son granted the Black Russian districts. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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