Russianistn.
/ˈrʌʃənɪst/, /ˈrʌʃn̩ɪst/, U.S. /ˈrəʃənəst/ An expert in or student of Russian language, culture, etc.
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1917 N.Y. Times 17 Dec. 552/1 There are reasons why Mr. Graham, expert Russianist as he is, is not the best editor..that might be selected.
1947 Harvard Jrnl. Asiatic Stud. 10 58 Russianists are dissatisfied with the language of my translations.
1976 Times Lit. Suppl. 23 Jan. 79/4 The occupational obsessions of Russianists writing on Chekhov.
2009 L. McReynolds in A. Gleason Compan. Russ. Hist. xviii. 303 The political became personal. But this mattered little to Russianists as long as popular culture referred to peasants.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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