Meanings
adjectiveGreat Russian (not comparable)
- historicalnot comparableOf or pertaining to Great Russia.
There is no doubt that Lenin hated Great Russian chauvinism and did his best to extirpate it within the party.
1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 398 - historicalnot comparableOf or pertaining to Great Russians, the language of Great Russia, as opposed to Little Russia, White Russia, etc.
Synonyms: Russian
nounGreat Russian (plural Great Russians)
plural Great Russians
- historicalA person from, or an inhabitant of, Great Russia.
proper noun
- obsoleteThe Russian language, especially when (possibly erroneously) considered to be mutually intelligible with the Ukrainian (Little Russian) and Belarusian (White Russian) languages.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveOf or pertaining to Great Russians, the language of Great Russia, as opposed to Little Russia, White Russia, etc.
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Translations
Danish storrussisk, storrusser
- storrussiskof or pertaining to Great Russians, the language of Great Russia
- storrussera person from, or an inhabitant of, Great Russia
- storrussiskRussian language, esp. when considered mutually intelligble with Ukrainian and Belarusian
Estonian suurvene
- suurveneRussian language, esp. when considered mutually intelligble with Ukrainian and Belarusian
French grand-russien, grand-russien
- grand-russienof or pertaining to Great Russia
- grand-russienof or pertaining to Great Russians, the language of Great Russia
- Grand-Russiena person from, or an inhabitant of, Great Russia
- Grand-Russiennea person from, or an inhabitant of, Great Russia
- Grande-Russiennea person from, or an inhabitant of, Great Russia
- grand-russienRussian language, esp. when considered mutually intelligble with Ukrainian and Belarusian
German großrussisch, großrussisch
- großrussischof or pertaining to Great Russia
- großrussischof or pertaining to Great Russians, the language of Great Russia
- Großrussea person from, or an inhabitant of, Great Russia
- Großrussina person from, or an inhabitant of, Great Russia
- GroßrussischRussian language, esp. when considered mutually intelligble with Ukrainian and Belarusian
Polish wielkoruski, wielkorosyjski
- wielkoruskiof or pertaining to Great Russia
- wielkorosyjskiof or pertaining to Great Russia
- wielkoruskiof or pertaining to Great Russians, the language of Great Russia
- wielkorosyjskiof or pertaining to Great Russians, the language of Great Russia
- Wielkorusina person from, or an inhabitant of, Great Russia
- Wielkorusinkaa person from, or an inhabitant of, Great Russia
- Wielkorosjanina person from, or an inhabitant of, Great Russia
- Wielkorosjankaa person from, or an inhabitant of, Great Russia
- język wielkoruskiRussian language, esp. when considered mutually intelligble with Ukrainian and Belarusian
- język wielkorosyjskiRussian language, esp. when considered mutually intelligble with Ukrainian and Belarusian
Russian великоросси́йский, великору́сский
- великоросси́йский (velikorossíjskij)of or pertaining to Great Russia
- великору́сский (velikorússkij)of or pertaining to Great Russians, the language of Great Russia
- великоро́сс (velikoróss)a person from, or an inhabitant of, Great Russia
- великоро́сска (velikorósska)a person from, or an inhabitant of, Great Russia
- великору́с (velikorús)a person from, or an inhabitant of, Great Russia
- великору́ска (velikorúska)a person from, or an inhabitant of, Great Russia
- великору́сс (velikorúss)a person from, or an inhabitant of, Great Russia
- великору́сска (velikorússka)a person from, or an inhabitant of, Great Russia
- великору́сский язы́к (velikorússkij jazýk)Russian language, esp. when considered mutually intelligble with Ukrainian and Belarusian
- великору́сский (velikorússkij)Russian language, esp. when considered mutually intelligble with Ukrainian and Belarusian
- росси́йский язы́к (rossíjskij jazýk)Russian language, esp. when considered mutually intelligble with Ukrainian and Belarusian
- росси́йский (rossíjskij)Russian language, esp. when considered mutually intelligble with Ukrainian and Belarusian
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Great Russian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Great%20Russian
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“Great Russian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Great%20Russian. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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