English Explanatory Dictionary

russellite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing bismuth, oxygen, and tungsten.
noun
  1. A follower of Sir Thomas Russell, 1st Baronet (1841–1920), Irish politician and agrarian agitator.
  2. A follower of Charles Taze Russell (1852–1916), Christian restorationist minister from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, and founder of what is now known as the Bible Student movement.

Word forms

russellite Russellites

Etymology

Named after British mineral collector Sir Arthur Edward Ian Montague Russell (1878–1964), who held the mineral in his collection before it was donated for analysis, + -ite.

Related words

Russellian
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