White Russian
English
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “cocktail sense”)
Adjective
White Russian (not comparable)
- Of or relating to Russians with tsarist sympathies in the period directly following the 1917 Revolution.
- 1979, John Le Carré, Smiley's People, Folio Society 2010, page 340:
- 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 2010, page 340:
- (obsolete) Of or relating to Belarus, literally "White Russia," or its language.
Synonyms
- Belarusan (academic)
- Belarusian (preferred)
- Belorussian (deprecated)
- Bielorussian (official before 1991)
- Byelorussian (deprecated)
Coordinate terms
(Belarusian):
(cocktail):
Translations
of or relating to Russians with tsarist sympathies in the period directly following the 1917 Revolution
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of or relating to Belarus
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Noun
White Russian (countable and uncountable, plural White Russians)
- A cocktail consisting of coffee liqueur, vodka, and milk.
- Coordinate term: Black Russian
- 2015, Shane Carley, The Mason Jar Cocktail Companion, Cider Mill Press (→ISBN), page 15:
- 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.”
- (history) A White Guardist, a Russian who supported the tsar in the 1917 Revolution and the Russian Civil War (1917–1923), and afterward.
- (obsolete) A Belarusian person.
- Synonyms: (academic) Belarusan, (preferred) Belarusian, (deprecated) Belorussian, (official before 1991) Bielorussian, (deprecated) Byelorussian
- (obsolete, uncountable) The Belarusian language.
Coordinate terms
Translations
cocktail
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White Guardist (Russian Civil War 1917–1923)
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Belarusian person — see also Belarusian
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Belarusian language — see Belarusian
Further reading
- White Russian (cocktail) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Belarusian language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia