czarina
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of czarina
1710–20; czar + -ina feminine suffix (as in Christina ), modeled on German Zarin empress, equivalent to Zar Czar + -in feminine suffix
Example Sentences
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Culture: A decade ago, the “czarinas” emerged as Russia’s fashion ambassadors.
From New York Times
Some are already well known — the slew of young women pretending to be Anastasia, the lost czarina, or the Fox sisters, whose hoaxes launched spiritualism into stratospheric popularity.
From New York Times
But the book doggedly follows its intriguing conceit, rendering even more poignant the scene of the czarina and her daughters busily sewing jewels into the seams of their garments, optimistic to the end.
From New York Times
Glittering with Orthodox imagery, it’s filled to the brim with dead czars and czarinas, including the last Romanovs: Nicholas II and his wife and children.
From Seattle Times
Latvians have fled the armies of Vikings, a Swedish king, kaisers, czars and czarinas, the general secretary of the Communist Party’s Central Committee, and the Führer.
From Washington Post
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