katsap

English

Etymology

An unadapted borrowing from Ukrainian каца́п (kacáp).

Noun

katsap (plural katsaps)

1. (slang, derogatory, ethnic slur) 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

• Not fully naturalized, and often used in italics.

See also

• Russki