czarist

or tsar·ist, tzar·ist

[ zahr-ist, tsahr- ]

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of a czar or the system and principles of government under a czar.
2. autocratic; dictatorial.

noun

1. an adherent of a czar or of czarism.

czarist

/ ˈzɑːrɪst /

adjective

1. See tsarism
   a variant spelling (esp US) of tsarist See tsarism

Word History and Origins

Origin of czarist¹

czar + -ist

Example Sentences

Institutional investors were excluded from this act of czarist munificence and were rightfully furious for being cheated.

From The Daily Beast

He joined the revolutionary underground and fled for America, one step ahead of the czarist police, in 1882.

From The Daily Beast

The war-frenzy was at its height and these miserable sheets went about their work like Czarist papers inciting a pogrom.

From Project Gutenberg

The bureaucratic Czarist regime finally broke down in March, 1917, as soon as the revolution started.

From Project Gutenberg

He always talks about the Czarist times and about the times his father was some big shot somewhere.

From Project Gutenberg

It was a demand which, put to the Czarist government, if granted would only facilitate the struggle against this very religion.

From Project Gutenberg

Disliked the oppression, some elements of oppression of the Czarist government.

From Project Gutenberg