Khokhol

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A Ukrainian. derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slur

    "These Khokhols (the familiar term used, rather slightingly by the Great Russians for the Ukrainians) were drawn up in serried ranks in a public square."

  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of khokhol. alt-of
  3. 3
    A Ukrainian nationalist. derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slur, specifically

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ukrop

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"These Khokhols (the familiar term used, rather slightingly by the Great Russians for the Ukrainians) were drawn up in serried ranks in a public square."

Etymology

From Russian хохо́л (xoxól, “Ukrainian (pejorative)”), originally meaning “topknot”, from Old East Slavic хохолъ (xoxolŭ), from Proto-Slavic *xoxolъ, from *koxolъ.

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