English

Proper noun

Little Russian

1. (obsolete) The Ukrainian language, especially when (possibly erroneously) considered to be mutually intelligible with the Russian ("Great Russian") and Belarusian ("White Russian") languages.

Noun

Little Russian ‎(plural Little Russians)

1. A native or inhabitant of Little Russia (that is, Ukraine).
   • 1906, Thomas Čapek, The Slovaks of Hungary

     A well-defined ethnical line is all that separates the Slovaks from the Magyars and the Little Russians.

Related terms

• Little Russia

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