Little Russian

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.

Little Russian (plural Little Russians)

1. (historical, chiefly in a Russian Empire context) A native or inhabitant of Little Russia (i.e. 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.

• Little Russia
• Little Russianness

Little Russian (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to Little Russia.