Definitions
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- noun The title of the emperor of Russia. See
czar .
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- noun historical An emperor of Russia (before 1917) and of some
South Slavic kingdoms. - noun figuratively A person with great power; an
autocrat . - noun informal, politics, US An appointed official tasked to regulate or oversee a specific area.
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- noun a male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917)
Etymologies
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From Russian царь (car’), from Old East Slavic цьсарь (cĭsarĭ), from Old Church Slavonic цѣсарь (cěsarĭ), from Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐌹𐍃𐌰𐍂 (kaisar, "emperor"), believed to come from Latin Caesar.
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trivet commented on the word tsar
Russian emperor.
March 3, 2007
sarra commented on the word tsar
Derived, as is kaiser, from Cæsar—first Caius Julius, Roman emperors thereafter being Cæsars, and figuratively, later, any emperor also.
(This English spelling became standard after being chosen by the Times newspaper at the end of the nineteenth century.)
December 16, 2007
vanishedone commented on the word tsar
'The Russian revolution simmered for years and suddenly erupted when the serfs finally realised that the Czar and the Tsar were the same person.' — Woody Allen
December 17, 2007
uselessness commented on the word tsar
Haha! I scratched my head about those two totally different spellings for years! :-P
December 18, 2007