czarina

or tsa·ri·na, tza·ri·na

[ zah-ree-nuh, tsah- ]

/ zɑˈri nə, tsɑ- /

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noun

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

Words nearby czarina

czar, czardas, czardom, czarevitch, czarevna, czarina, czarism, czarist, czaritza, Czech, Czechoslovak

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How to use czarina in a sentence

Still the Czarina's daughters are so beautiful and charming they would soon be made welcome wherever they went.
Ways of War and Peace|Delia Austrian
She never had but one Son, and that was he who marry'd the present Czarina, but died soon after his Marriage.
The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume I|Karl Ludwig von Pllnitz
The sore longing of an infuriated Czarina is now let loose, and in a condition to fulfil itself!
History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XVII. (of XXI.)|Thomas Carlyle
But most perilous of all, most immediately perilous, is the implacable Czarina, set afloat upon English guineas!
History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XVII. (of XXI.)|Thomas Carlyle

Hanbury could not, still less could the Majesty's Ministry, surmise the Czarina's secret at all, now or for a good while coming.
History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XVII. (of XXI.)|Thomas Carlyle

British Dictionary definitions for czarina

czarina

czaritza (zɑːˈrɪtsə)

/ (zɑːˈriːnə) /

noun

variant spellings (esp US) of tsarina or tsaritsaSee tsarina

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czarina

or tsa·ri·na, tza·ri·na

Origin of czarina

Words nearby czarina

Words related to czarina

How to use czarina in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for czarina

czaritza (zɑːˈrɪtsə)