katsap
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from Ukrainian каца́п (kacáp).
Noun
[edit]katsap (plural katsaps)
- (ethnic slur, derogatory) A Russian, especially from a Ukrainian perspective.
- 2012, Amir Weiner, Making Sense of War: The Second World War and the Fate of the Bolshevik Revolution, page 247:
- In the short run, the katsap peril was even more concrete.
Usage notes
[edit]- Not fully naturalized, often used in italics.