Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
plural of Red
name
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventorySynonym of Communist Party in various contexts. · The chariot-racing faction of the Roman circus and Constantinopolitan hippodrome that wore red. · Cincinnati Reds. · Liverpool FC.
In reference to the ancient Roman and medieval Byzantine racing faction, a calque of Latin russātī (“Reddish-Brown-Clads”) or factio russata (“the reddish-brown-clad faction”) and Medieval Greek Ῥούσιοι (Rhoúsioi, “Reds”).
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- Borrowed-form mentionrussatusla
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