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Boris

proper noun

  1. male given name
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈbɒɹɪs/ / /ˈbɔɹɪs/ / /ˈbɑɹɪs/

name

Etymology: Etymology tree Bulgarian Бори́с (Borís)bor. English Boris Borrowed from Bulgarian Бори́с (Borís).

  1. A male given name from the Slavic languages.

    “Boris Johnson, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (2019–2022)”

    “2000 January, Frank McCourt (interviewee), Morning Edition, National Public Radio It's not like a Russian novel, where you read nine hundred forty-three pages and then finally Boris the peasant decides to commit suicide, and you wish he’d done it on page four. It’s not like that at all.”

  2. A person of Russian descent.