russian has definitions from the field of linguistics
1
[ adjective ] of or pertaining to or characteristic of Russia or its people or culture or language

Examples

"Russian dancing"

Used in print

("Editorials"...)

The weekly loss is partly counterbalanced by 500 arrivals each_week from West_Germany , but the hard truth , says Crossman , is that `` The closing_off of East_Berlin without interference from the West and with the use only of East_German , as distinct from Russian , troops was a major Communist victory , which dealt West_Berlin a deadly , possibly a fatal , blow .

(Chicago Daily Tribune...)

It is truly odd and ironic that the most handsome and impressive film yet made from Miguel_de_Cervantes ' `` Don_Quixote '' is the brilliant Russian spectacle , done in wide_screen and color , which opened yesterday at the Fifty-fifth_Street and Sixty-eighth_Street_Playhouses .

Nikolai_Cherkasov , the Russian actor who has played such heroic roles as Alexander_Nevsky and Ivan_the_Terrible , performs the lanky Don_Quixote , and does so with a simple dignity that bridges the inner nobility and the surface absurdity of this poignant man .

There are other good representations of peasants and people of the court by actors who are finely costumed and magnificently photographed in this last of the Russian films to reach this country in the program of joint cultural exchange .

(Bonnie Prudden, "The Dancer and the Gymnast"...)

The Russian gymnasts beat_the_tar_out_of the American gymnasts in the 1960 Olympics for one reason - they were better .

Related terms

Soviet_Union

2
[ noun ] a native or inhabitant of Russia

Used in print

("Editorials"...)

Thus , when the Russians sent up their first sputnik , American chagrin was human enough , and American determination to put American satellites into orbit was perfectly understandable .

(Chicago Daily Tribune...)

It is really as though the Russians have seen in this character the oftentimes underlying vitality and courage of supposed buffoons .

(Bonnie Prudden, "The Dancer and the Gymnast"...)

The Russians are all trained as dancers before they start to study gymnastics .

But the Russians use gymnastics as the first_step in training for all other sports because it provides training in every basic quality except one , endurance .

(James Thurber, "The Future, If Any, of Comedy,"...)

`` You think the Russians are getting_ahead of us in comedy '' ?

3
[ noun ] (linguistics) the Slavic language that is the official language of Russia

Used in print

(The Times-Picayune, [New Orleans]...)

Previous presentations have been on French , Spanish , Russian , Italian , German and Japanese .

(Chicago Daily Tribune...)

The complexities of communication have been considerably abetted in this case by appropriately stilted English_language that has been excellently dubbed in_place_of the Russian dialogue .

Since Russian was being spoken instead of Spanish , there is no violation of artistry or logic here .

Related terms

Slavic tovarich Soviet_Union

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