White Russian

Definition

Of or relating to Russians with tsarist or anti-Soviet sympathies in the period directly following the Revolution in 1917.

Etymology

(cocktail): The word white refers to the milk, while Russian refers to the vodka.

Example Sentences

• "The overseer of the clinic was a White Russian woman, a nun, formerly of the Russian Orthodox community in Jerusalem, but a good-hearted woman. In these cases, we should not be too scrupulous politically, said the priest."