WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Russell
    n 1: United States religious leader who founded the sect that is
         now called Jehovah's Witnesses (1852-1916) [syn: Russell,
         Charles Taze Russell]
    2: English film director (born in 1927) [syn: Russell, Ken
       Russell, Henry Kenneth Alfred Russell]
    3: United States basketball center (born in 1934) [syn:
       Russell, Bill Russell, William Felton Russell]
    4: United States entertainer remembered for her roles in comic
       operas (1861-1922) [syn: Russell, Lillian Russell]
    5: United States astronomer who developed a theory of stellar
       evolution (1877-1957) [syn: Russell, Henry Russell,
       Henry Norris Russell]
    6: Irish writer whose pen name was A.E. (1867-1935) [syn:
       Russell, George William Russell, A.E.]
    7: English philosopher and mathematician who collaborated with
       Whitehead (1872-1970) [syn: Russell, Bertrand Russell,
       Bertrand Arthur William Russell, Earl Russell]

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):

Russell

    (After Bertrand Russell) A compact,
   polymorphically typed functional language by A. Demers &
   J. Donahue with bignums and continuations.  Types are
   themselves first-class values and may be passed as
   arguments.

   (ftp://parcftp.xerox.com/pub/russell/russell.tar.Z).

   ["An Informal Description of Russell", H. Boehm et al, Cornell
   CS TR 80-430, 1980].

   ["Understanding Russell: A First Attempt", J.G. Hook in LNCS
   173, Springer].

   (1995-03-27)