Rzhevsky

Meaning

Proper Noun

  • A fictional young cavalry officer who appears in numerous popular Russian jokes that poke fun at social sophistication and decorum while interacting with various characters from the novel War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy.

Origin

Modern English dictionary

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