Muscovite
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- noun
- /ˈmʌskəˌvaɪt/
- Dmitri Gavrilov is one Muscovite who says he has benefited from the market reforms introduced by President Yeltsin.
- a young Muscovite
- an average Muscovite
- an old Muscovite
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Examples
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On June 21, 1941, the day before Nazi Germany sprang its surprise invasion of the Soviet Union, Natalia Peshkova, a 17-year-old Muscovite, graduated from high school with hopes of becoming a journalist.
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So did this, did this serfs belong to the Muscovite state, Right.
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You look to me like a Muscovite.
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At the risk of offending you, I must tell you you're as smart as a native Muscovite.
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He is a tall, corpulent Muscovite with smooth, dark hair.
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But some years ago, a Muscovite called Boris Mikhailovich Russakov discovered a new kind of elementary particle.
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Vladimir Mironov is another Muscovite on the move.
Synonyms
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A person who comes from Russia
Surface Forms
Morphology
Muscovite = Moscow (semi-transparent) = Muscov + ite
Formed with the demonym suffix '-ite' from 'Moscow' but the stem alters to 'Muscov-', which may not be immediately obvious to learners.
Etymology
Muscovite comes from the city name Moscow, called Moskva in Russian, plus the ending -ite, which means 'person from' or 'living in'. So a Muscovite is a person from Moscow.