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
Each of the eggs held some surprise inside�other eggs, or perhaps a hen, or a miniature of the czarevitch.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
He sauntered to the news-stand with the gracious stateliness of a czarevitch incognito, and asked the Tyson agent: "What's a good play to see?"
From What Will People Say? A novel by Hughes, Rupert
But whom should he entreat, or compel, or induce by rewards, to instruct the czarevitch to become a czar?
From The Talking Beasts by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith
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