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White Russian en · ADJ

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Etymology

(cocktail): The word white refers to the milk, while Russian refers to the vodka.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Of or relating to Russians with tsarist or anti-Soviet sympathies in the period directly following the Revolution in 1917.
   • The overseer of the clinic was a White Russian woman, a nun, formerly of the Russian Orthodox community in Jerusalem, but a good-hearted woman. In these cases, we should not be too scrupulous politically, said the priest. 1979, John Le Carré, Smiley's People, Folio Society, published 2010, page 340:
2. (not-comparable, obsolete) Of or relating to Belarus, literally "White Russia", or its language.

Coordinates

Great Russian · Little Russian

Synonyms

Bielorussian · Belorussian · Belarusan · Belarusian · Byelorussian

Translations (4)

pl białoruski (of or relating to Belarus) · fr blanc-russien (of or relating to Belarus) · fr russe blanc (of or relating to Russians with tsarist sympathies in the period directly following the 1917 Revolution) · pl biały (of or relating to Russians with tsarist sympathies in the period directly following the 1917 Revolution)

White Russian en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

(cocktail): The word white refers to the milk, while Russian refers to the vodka.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A cocktail consisting of coffee liqueur, vodka, and milk.
   • Few cocktails include milk and cream, so the White Russian is a welcome departure from the norm. Already a popular drink in its own right, the White Russian was made famous by Jeff Bridges’ character in “The Big Lebowski.” 2015, Shane Carley, The Mason Jar Cocktail Companion, Cider Mill Press, →ISBN, page 15:
2. (countable, historical, uncountable) A White Guardist, a Russian who did not support the Socialists in the Revolution in 1917 and the Russian Civil War (1917–1923), and afterwards (e.g. as a White émigré).
   • The White Guard colony in Harbin is armed and organized along military lines. At the head of this army of counter-revolution—the shock troops of Japanese imperialism—stands the notorious tsarist bandit, "Ataman" Semionov. [1935, Leon Dennen, White Guard Terrorists in the U.S.A., New York City: Friends of the Soviet Union, page 18:
3. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) A Belarusian person.
   • (Thus Engels expected Austria-Hungary to swallow up the small Balkan countries; Poland, as a historical nation, should, he thought, be restored and include in its dominion the less developed peoples to the east-Lithuanians, White Russians, and Ukrainians.) 1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume I: The Founders, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: powstanie (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 349:

Forms

Coordinates

Black Russian · Great Russian · Little Russian · Black Russian

Relateds

white russian · white Russian

Synonyms

Belarusan · Bielorussian · Belorussian · Caucasian · Belarusian · Byelorussian

Translations (21)

be Бе́лы ру́скі (cocktail) · de White Russian (cocktail) · fi valkovenäläinen (cocktail) · es ruso blanco (cocktail) · ru белогварде́ец (White Guardist (Russian Civil War 1917–1923)) · es ruso blanco (White Guardist (Russian Civil War 1917–1923)) · fi valkea ryssä (cocktail) · pl Białorusin (Belarusian person — see also Belarusian) · pt russo branco (cocktail) · ru Бе́лый ру́сский (cocktail) · pl biały (White Guardist (Russian Civil War 1917–1923)) · he רוסי לבן (cocktail) · fr Blanche-Russienne (Belarusian person — see also Belarusian) · fr Russe Blanc (cocktail) · ru бе́лый (White Guardist (Russian Civil War 1917–1923)) · pl Biały Rosjanin (cocktail) · fr Blanc-Russien (Belarusian person — see also Belarusian) · pl Białorusinka (Belarusian person — see also Belarusian) · be белагвардзеец (White Guardist (Russian Civil War 1917–1923)) · de Weißer Russe (cocktail) · be белы (White Guardist (Russian Civil War 1917–1923))

White Russian en · PROPN

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Etymology

(cocktail): The word white refers to the milk, while Russian refers to the vodka.

Meanings

1. (obsolete) The Belarusian language.