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- noun informal
Russians
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Examples
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Russies attendant vpon the person of the said Ambassador.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Wilde Irish are as ciuill as the Russies in their kinde,
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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The names of all such Russies as, were attendant vpon the
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Ouer and aboue ten other Russies shipped within the said Bay of S. Nicholas, in one other good ship to the said company also belonging called the Bona Speranza, with goods of the said
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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With whitles two or three, the better man the moe, The chiefest Russies in the land, with spoone and kniues doe goe.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Siluer other some: but those of poorest rate Do weare no Shubs at all, but grosser gownes to sight, That reacheth downe beneath the calfe, and that Armacha hight: These are the Russies robes.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Golding, and Richard Relfe, with two Russies, whereof one was an interpretor, besides foure barkemen.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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When to the title is added, "de S.M. l'Empereur de toutes les Russies," a boundless field is opened up to the non-Russian imagination.
Russia Donald Mackenzie Wallace 1880
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Wimmer, a "Lieutenant au Corps de Chasseurs d'Ordonnance de S.M. l'Empereur de toutes les Russies," who had been with the Emperor
Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, Volume I Comprising Their Life and Work as Recorded in Their Diaries From 1812 to 1883 Moses Montefiore 1834
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Russies attendant vpon the person of the said Ambassador.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 03 Richard Hakluyt 1584
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