Bestuzhev course en · NOUN
Etymology
Named after Konstantin Bestuzhev-Ryumin, its first director.
Meanings
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(historical) A course of higher education for women in imperial Russia.
I've got a sister in a Bestuzhev course.
1989, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, translated by H. T. Willetts, August 1914, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN, page 124:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bestuzhev courses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |