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czarina

or tsa·ri·na, tza·ri·na

[zah-ree-nuh, tsah-]
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noun
  1. the wife of a czar; Russian empress.
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Origin of czarina

1710–20; czar + -ina feminine suffix (as in Christina), modeled on German Zarin empress, equivalent to Zar Czar + -in feminine suffix
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Related Words for czarina

king, monarch, emperor, czar, sultan, shah, ruler, majesty, queen, empress, mogul, kaiser, prince, baron, royal, sovereign, potentate, lord, dame, tycoon

Examples from the Web for czarina

Historical Examples of czarina

  • So Peter kissed her fingers as though she had been his Czarina and went out.

    The Vagrant Duke

    George Gibbs

  • The czarina was strong-minded, but neither cruel nor perfidious.

    The Memoires of Casanova, Complete

    Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

  • After this she went to Moscow, where she was crowned as czarina.

    The Story of Russia

    R. Van Bergen, M.A.

  • He also urged the Czarina on no account to allow a partition of Poland.

  • The Czarina soon succeeded in heading them in that direction.

British Dictionary definitions for czarina

czarina

czaritza (zɑːˈrɪtsə)

noun
  1. variant spellings (esp US) of tsarina or tsaritsaSee tsarina
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