czarevitch
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of czarevitch
1700–10; < Russian tsarévich, equivalent to tsar' czar + -evich masculine patronymic suffix
Example Sentences
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Herring in a Fur Coat could be the title of a Soviet absurdist fable about a proletarian Cinderella who rejects the czarevitch and runs off with the rat turned coachman.
From New York Times ● Mar. 26, 2015
In the summer of 1904, Alexandra—still an unsuspecting carrier of the gene—gave birth to Alexei, the czarevitch of Russia.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
But whom should he entreat, or compel, or induce by rewards, to instruct the czarevitch to become a czar?
From The Talking Beasts by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin
Descending, we went through the village of Otsu, which has quite a reputation, since it was the scene of what might have been a very serious accident to the present Emperor of Russia, then czarevitch.
From Travels in the Far East by Ellen Mary Hayes Peck
He also received the disturbing news that a monk was among the Cossacks of the Don urging them to take up arms for the czarevitch who would soon be among them.
From Historic Tales, Vol. 8 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Charles Morris
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