Boris

Definitions

1. A male given name from the Slavic languages.
2. A person of Russian descent.
   slang

Equivalents

Examples

“Boris Johnson, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (2019–2022)”

“2000 January, Frank McCourt (interviewee), Morning Edition, National Public Radio It's not like⟳ a Russian novel, where you read⟳ nine hundred forty-three pages and then finally Boris the peasant decides to commit suicide, and you wish⟳ he’d done it on page four. It’s not like⟳ that at all.”

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