Trubetzkoy

or Tru·bets·koi, Trou·betz·koy

[ troo-bit-skoi; Russian troo-byits-koi ]

noun

1. N(i·ko·lai) S(er·ge·ie·vich) [nyi-kuh-, lahy, syi, r, -, gye, -yi-vyich], 1890–1938, Russian linguist in Austria.

Example Sentences

Forever homesick, Said persuaded Trubetzkoy to give him a year’s leave with sizable back pay so that he could return to Africa.

From Washington Post

Instead, Said found a Russian to take over his indenture, Nicholas Vassilievich Trubetzkoy, a 22-year-old godson of Czar Nicholas, who taught him Russian.

From Washington Post

Despite Said being a practicing Muslim, Trubetzkoy drilled him in Christian ritual and took him to Riga midwinter to have him baptized and renamed Nicholas.

From Washington Post

For three years, Trubetzkoy and his Turkish-garbed “valet” traveled to Germany and Austria in the autumn, Italy in the winter, France in the spring, and England in summers.

From Washington Post

Spring was three or four weeks old, but cell No. — on the first floor of the Trubetzkoy Bastion, Fortress of Peter and Paul, had not yet tasted its caressing breath.

From Project Gutenberg