russel

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/ˈɹʌsəl/

noun

A twilled woolen material.

OriginOld French roussel ← Latin russulus →
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Meanings

russel1

nounrussel (countable and uncountable, plural russels)

plural russels

  1. countablehistoricaluncountableA twilled woolen material.
  2. countableobsoleteA fox.

    And dan ruſſel the fox stert up at onys And be gorget hent chanteclere And on his bake toward the wode him bere.

    And dan russel the fox started up at once And by the gorge seized Chanticleer And on his back toward the wood him bare.

    1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Tale of the Nonnes Preest”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC, line 8

Russel2

proper noun
  1. A surname transferred from the nickname, a rather rare spelling variant of Russell.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.

Origin

  1. Latinrussulus
  2. Old Frenchroussel
  3. Englishrussel

From Old French roussel, from Latin russulus, diminutive of russus (“red”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with russel

muscleRussellhustlebustlemusselrustletussleabustlebruslebrustletussal
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Sounds the same

rustleRusselRussellrustleRussell

Anagrams

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russel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/russel

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“russel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/russel. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “russel,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/russel.

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