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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An admirer of Russia or its people, language, or culture.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who favors Russia or the Russians, or Russian policy, principles, or enterprises.
  • Favoring Russian methods or enterprises.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Chiefly newspaper words., Chiefly newspaper words. One who, not being a Russian, favors Russian policy and aggrandizement.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A person who loves the country, culture or people of Russia.

Etymologies

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Russo- + -phile

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