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Orloff may refer to:
People:
- Ben Orloff (b. 1987), minor league baseball player
- Chana Orloff (1888-1968), sculptor
- Chet Orloff (b. 1949), American historian, writer and professor of urban studies
- Jon Orloff (b. 1942), American physicist
- Monford Orloff (1914–2000), American businessman and philanthropist
- Nicholas W. Orloff, Russian KGB agent in the United States
- Judith Orloff, American psychiatrist, author and energy medicine practitioner
- Zvi Nishri (Orloff) (1878–1973), Russian/Palestinian/Israeli pioneer in modern physical education
Other:
- Orloff vodka, a brand of vodka
- Orloff, California, former settlement
- Orloff (chicken), a breed of chicken
- Orlov (diamond), a large diamond, sometimes known as the "Orloff"
- Veal Orloff, 19th century dish of Franco-Russian cuisine
- Dr Orloff, a recurring character in the oeuvre of Jesús Franco
Usage examples of "orloff".
The masquer who was pronounced to be Orloff followed her everywhere, and did not let her out of his sight for a moment.
As I was smiling at this extraordinary collection, I saw the czarina, preceded by Count Gregorius Orloff, and followed by two ladies, approaching.
Nothing is too good for Melungeon, and nothing on Melungeon is too good for Maxwell, Lord Orloff.
I stopped an hour at the Wells, where I made the acquaintance of the Pretender to the throne of Great Britain, and from there went on to Leghorn, where I found Count Orloff still waiting, but only because contrary winds kept him from sailing.
We soon saw Gregory Orloff, for his orders were to follow the empress at a distance.
I told him that Count Orloff was waiting for me at Leghorn, and that I was obliged to travel day and night.
Petersburg, and was to be succeeded by a dinner to twenty-four guests, given by General Orloff.
But though a gamester may be a rogue he may still have a good heart, and it is only just to say that this was the case with the Orloffs.
A young officer of the guards named Zinowieff, a relation of the Orloffs, whom I had met at Melissino's, introduced me to Macartney, the English ambassador, a young man of parts and fond of pleasure.
It was said that he kept up a correspondence with his brother, who was endeavouring to intercept the fleet under the command of Alexis Orloff.
Petersburg because the Orloffs had persuaded the empress to prohibit games of chance.
Nessler hadn't sent for them because he didn't want to discuss with Orloff what he knew about the desertion of the entire enlisted complement of the Colonel Arabi and the sabotage of the Melungeon air car.
Then men will give it a name, like the Great Mogul or the Orloff or the Shah, and legends will be woven around it.
I asked, and noted that both Holmes and Orloff looked at me in surprise.
In a mood swing as abrupt as sun after a rain-squall, Orloff draped his big arm over Nessler's shoulders and walked the Manticoran back to the tent with him.