English

Adjective
en-adj|-

1. Of or related to Russians with tsarist sympathies in the period directly following the 1917 Revolution.
2. obsolete Of or related to White Russia or the White Russian language.

Synonyms

Belarusan italbrac|academic
Belarusian italbrac|preferred
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Belorussian italbrac|deprecated
Byelorussian italbrac|deprecated

Noun
en-noun|sg=White Russian

1. italbrac|Russian history Russians with tsarist sympathies on the side of the White Army who fought against the Bolshevik Red Army and the anarchist Green Army in the 1917 Revolution and the Russian Civil War (1918–20).
2. Russian political émigrés with tsarist sympathies who fled Russia after the 1917 Revolution and lived in exile (e.g., in Paris).
3. obsolete A Belarusian person.
4. obsolete The Belarusian language.
5. A cocktail consisting of coffee liqueur, vodka, and milk.
6. A strain of marijuana containing very high THC levels - in excess of 22%.

Synonyms
person of Belarusian nationality

Belarusan italbrac|academic
Belarusian italbrac|preferred
mid
Belorussian italbrac|deprecated
Byelorussian italbrac|deprecated

Related terms
Black Russian

Translations
trans-top|cocktail
Finnish: valkovenäläinen, valkea ryssä
French: Russe Blanc
German: White Russian
trans-mid
Portuguese: russo branco
Spanish: ruso blanco
trans-bottom

See also
w:Belarusian language|Wikipedia article on the Belarusian language

Category:English proper nouns
Category:Alcoholic beverages
Category:Cocktails

ru:White Russian

• 2007-05-17 23:46 - WikiPedant - moved int link to first occurrence; copyedited

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