Meaning of White Russian | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Alternative letter-case form of White Russian (“cocktail consisting of coffee liqueur, vodka, and milk”).
   alt-of, countable, uncountable
2. Alternative letter-case form of White Russian (“a cocktail consisting of coffee liqueur, vodka, and milk”).
   alt-of
3. A cocktail consisting of coffee liqueur, vodka, and milk.
   countable, uncountable
4. The Belarusian language.
   obsolete
5. A White Guardist, a Russian who did not support the Socialists in the Revolution in 1917 and the Russian Civil War (1917–1923), and afterwards (e.g. as a White émigré).
   countable, historical, uncountable
6. A Belarusian person.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Few cocktails include milk and cream, so the White Russian is a welcome departure from the norm. Already a popular drink in its own right, the White Russian was made famous by Jeff Bridges’ character in “The Big Lebowski.””

“The White Guard colony in Harbin is armed and organized along military lines. At the head of this army of counter-revolution—the shock troops of Japanese imperialism—stands the notorious tsarist bandit, "Ataman" Semionov.”

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