katsap en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- kŭt-săp′
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Ukrainian каца́п (kacáp) (see it for more).
Meanings
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(derogatory, ethnic, slang, slur) A Russian, especially from a Ukrainian perspective.
In the short run, the katsap peril was even more concrete.
2012, Amir Weiner, Making Sense of War: The Second World War and the Fate of the Bolshevik Revolution, page 247:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| kazap | alternative | lexicographic | |
| katsaps | Number=Plur | lexicographic |