2. Noun. (plural of muscovite) ¹
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Definition of Muscovites
1. muscovite [n] - See also: muscovite
Lexicographical Neighbors of Muscovites
Literary usage of Muscovites
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Universal Geography: Or A Description of All Parts of the World, on a New by Conrad Malte-Brun (1829)
"Lastly, the Muscovites, from their Asiatic manners, were compared or ...
The Muscovites laugh at our effeminacy, and give us their furs in exchange for our ..."
2. Christianity in China, Tartary and Thibet by Évariste Régis Huc (1858)
"FIRST RELATIONS OF THE Muscovites WITH THE SIBERIANS THE Muscovites INVADE SIBERIA
AS FAR AS THE FRONTIER OF THE ..."
3. The History of Poland by Samuel Astley Durham (1840)
"At the same time a khan of the Tatars, in concert with the Muscovites, ravaged
Beltz and Lublin. Both triumphed; for no serious opposition was made to ..."
4. The British Novelists: With an Essay, and Prefaces, Biographical and Critical by Barbauld (Anna Letitia), Anna Letitia Aikin Barbauld (1820)
"... that formerly the Muscovite frontiers lay nearer to them than they now do,
the Muscovites having abandoned that part of the country, which lies from ..."
5. A Brief Historical Relation of State Affairs from September 1678 to April 1714 by Narcissus Luttrell (1857)
"Foreign letters say a considerable body of Tartars was en- tred into Moldavia to
assist the Turks against the emperor; they say also that the Muscovites ..."
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