Russian

/ˈrʌʃən/

/ˈrʌʃən/

Other forms: Russians

Definitions of Russian

1. adjective

   of or pertaining to or characteristic of Russia or its people or culture or language
   “Russian dancing”
2. noun

   a native or inhabitant of Russia
   types:

   Tatar

   a member of the Turkic-speaking people living from the Volga to the Ural Mountains (the name has been attributed to many other groups)

   Udmurt, Votyak

   a member of the Finno-Ugric-speaking people living in eastern European Russia

   Komi

   a member of a Finnish people living in the northwestern Urals in Russia

   Cheremis, Cheremiss, Mari

   a member of a rural Finnish people living in eastern Russia

   Inger, Ingerman, Ingrian

   a member of western Finnish people formerly living in the Baltic province where Saint Petersburg was built

   Carelian, Karelian

   a member of the Finnish people living in Karelia in northwestern European Russia

   Khanty, Ostyak

   a member of the nomadic Ugrian people living in northwestern Siberia (east of the Urals)

   Mordva, Mordvin, Mordvinian

   a member of the agricultural people living in the central Volga provinces of European Russia

   Nganasan

   a member of the Samoyedic people living on the Taimyr Peninsula in Siberia

   Ostyak-Samoyed, Selkup

   one of the people of mixed Ostyak and Samoyed origin in Siberia

   Samoyed

   a Samoyedic-speaking person in northwestern Siberia

   Veps, Vepse, Vepsian

   a member of a Finnish people of Russia

   Mansi, Vogul

   a member of a nomadic people of the northern Urals

   Yeniseian

   a member of one of the groups living in the Yenisei river valley in western Siberia

   Great Russian

   a member of the chief stock of Russian people living in European Russia; used to distinguish ethnic Russians from other peoples incorporated into Russia

   Muscovite

   a resident of Moscow

   Georgian

   a native or inhabitant of Georgia in Asia

   Siberian

   a native or inhabitant of Siberia

   Chechen

   a native or inhabitant of Chechnya

   Chukchi

   a member of an indigenous people living on the Chukchi Peninsula

   type of:

   aboriginal, aborigine, indigen, indigene, native

   an indigenous person who was born in a particular place
3. noun

   the Slavic language that is the official language of Russia
   type of:

   Slavic, Slavic language, Slavonic, Slavonic language

   a branch of the Indo-European family of languages