Russian meaning
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[ˈrʌʃ(ə)n] [-ʌʃən] 
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- Russian refers to anything related to Russia, including:
- Russians (русские, russkiye), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries
- Rossiyane (россияне), Russian language term for all citizens and people of Russia, regardless of ethnicity
- Demographics of Russia
- Russophone, Russian-speaking person (русскоговорящий, русскоязычный, russkogovoryashchy, russkoyazychny)
- Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages
- Russian alphabet
- Russian cuisine
- NounPLRussiansSUF-sian
- A person from Russia.
- An ethnic Russian: a member of the East Slavic ethnic group which is native to, and constitutes the majority of the population of, Russia.
- A domestic cat breed.
- A cat of this breed.
- (juggling, rare in the singular) A type of juggling ball with a hard outer shell, filled with salt, sand or another similar substance.
- A person from Russia.
- AdjectiveCOMmore RussianSUPmost Russian
- Of or pertaining to Russia.
- Of or pertaining to the Russian language.
- (dated) Of or pertaining to Rus.
- Of or pertaining to Russia.
- Proper noun
- The Russian language.
- The Russian language.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- In the early post-Soviet years the Russian elite was divided into liberal westernisers and pragmatic nationalists.
- Mount McKinley was known to Russians as Bulshaia and to the natives of Cook Inlet as Traleyka. Both names signify 'high' or 'big mountain.' The natives of the interior know it as Denali.
- The CEO commented that the Russian business environment of the 1990s was the Wild West.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of Russian in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Adjectives
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Proper nouns
- Countable nouns
- Adjectives
- en Russians
- en Russianize
- en Russianise
- en Russianism
- en Russianist
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "Russian" is an adjective. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun and a proper noun.