Russel

//ˈɹʌsəl// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun

1
A twilled woolen material. countable, historical, uncountable
2
A fox. countable, obsolete
"And dan ruſſel the fox stert up at onys And be gorget hent chanteclere And on his bake toward the wode him bere."

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.

Synonyms

bertrand arthur william russell charles taze russell george william russell henry kenneth alfred russell henry norris russell lillian russell

Example

"Bertrand Russel wrote that until the age of twelve he had never met anyone, apart from the gardener, who had not written a book."

Etymology

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

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