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muscovite

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for muscovite.

Editorial note

Culturally, the US is increasingly at odds with scolds of liberal Europe and in tune with domineering Muscovite Russia.

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Definitions4
Parts of speech2

Quick take

An inhabitant or native of Muscovy or Moscow.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of muscovite gathered in one view.

noun

An inhabitant or native of Muscovy or Moscow.

adjective

Russian.

adjective

Of or relating to Muscovy or Moscow, or the people of these places.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for muscovite.

noun

An inhabitant or native of Muscovy or Moscow.

adjective

Russian.

adjective

Of or relating to Muscovy or Moscow, or the people of these places.

noun

(archaic, by extension) A Russian.

Example sentences

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Culturally, the US is increasingly at odds with scolds of liberal Europe and in tune with domineering Muscovite Russia.

2

And that Muscovite Russia retains significant elements of its Mongol roots relative to the Kievan Rus [3].

3

It may be hard to grasp if you happen to be in a muscovite software engineer bubble.

4

What happened in Bucha and elsewhere in Ukraine was the usual Muscovite tactics 500 years ago and it still is.

5

Fuck FB for banning people over using slurs or even legit historic terms towards muscovite soldiers.

6

Would Tajikistan for some reason be the only adequate example of muscovite colonial history?

7

As far as I know, conscription is the major Muscovite danger talked up in the NY Times.

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I wonder how much the existence of words such as хохол, as muscovite pejoratives, helped shape UA national identity?

9

And we prefer a stable democracy before living as a Muscovite vassal state with ruling based on power corruption and lies.

10

Not sure why that would make me empathetic towards muscovite genocidaires.

11

However repulsive the Muscovite tyrant might be; however dark or immoral; are we really considering collective suicide among the possible answers?

12

Russia isn't exactly homogenous; satellite states aside even core Muscovite populations are divided in opinion on war and Putin - even if not exactly vocal.

Quote examples

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A "prominent" Muscovite Jew (but otherwise a lousy student) would have been treated better than the most talented Uzbek/Kazakh/Tajik.

2

FB was banning people for using a historical term when discussing Russian-Ukraine war - „Muscovite“.

3

When protests erupted and were crushed in Moscow and in major Russian cities Putin's media scrambled to show that "regular hard working people oppose gay rich Muscovite hipsters who sold their country".

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I'm increasingly convinced that the short and sweet answer is: because they've had a tsar and serfs since the fall of the kievan rus and the establishment of the muscovite power, and nothing has meaningfully changed since that time, except that sometimes the tsar is called "general secretary" and sometimes the serfs are called "comrades".

Proper noun examples

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Is there a difference anyways between Russian and Muscovite?

2

Russian, as a distinct language, is a fairly recent historical development that is slightly over 400 years old, and dates back to the end of Times of Troubles and the end of the Polish–Muscovite War of 1609–1618 when Catholic Poland – after sacking Moscow and keeping it for two years under its rule – eventually ceased to be a threat.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use muscovite in a sentence?

Culturally, the US is increasingly at odds with scolds of liberal Europe and in tune with domineering Muscovite Russia.

What does muscovite mean?

An inhabitant or native of Muscovy or Moscow.

What part of speech is muscovite?

muscovite is commonly used as noun, adjective.