White Russian

Meanings

1. Of or relating to Russians with tsarist or anti-Soviet sympathies in the period directly following the Revolution in 1917.
2. Of or relating to Belarus, literally "White Russia", or its language.

1. A cocktail consisting of coffee liqueur, vodka, and milk.
2. A White Guardist, a Russian who did not support the Socialists in the Revolution in 1917 and the Russian Civil War (1917–1923), and afterwards (e.g. as a White émigré).
3. A Belarusian person.

1. The Belarusian language.

1. Alternative letter-case form of White Russian (“cocktail consisting of coffee liqueur, vodka, and milk”).

1. Alternative letter-case form of White Russian (“a cocktail consisting of coffee liqueur, vodka, and milk”).

Etymology

(cocktail): The word white refers to the milk, while Russian refers to the vodka.