Etymology

Tolstoy

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Today it means: A transliteration of the Russian surname Толстой (Tolstoj). Full definition →

Russian Толсто́й
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  1. Russian · borrowed fromТолсто́й
  2. English todayTolstoy

From Russian Толсто́й (Tolstój), from a stress variant of the ancestor of то́лстый (tólstyj, “stout”).

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