czarist

or tsar·ist, tzar·ist

[ zahr-ist, tsahr- ]

/ ˈzɑr ɪst, ˈtsɑr- /

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adjective Also czar·is·tic, tsar·is·tic, tzar·is·tic

[zah-ris-tik, tsah-] /zɑˈrɪs tɪk, tsɑ-/ .

of, relating to, or characteristic of a czar or the system and principles of government under a czar.

autocratic; dictatorial.

noun

an adherent of a czar or of czarism.

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Origin of czarist

czar + -ist

Words nearby czarist

czardom, czarevitch, czarevna, czarina, czarism, czarist, czaritza, Czech, Czechoslovak, Czechoslovakia, Czechoslovakian

How to use czarist in a sentence

Institutional investors were excluded from this act of czarist munificence and were rightfully furious for being cheated.
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He joined the revolutionary underground and fled for America, one step ahead of the czarist police, in 1882.
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The war-frenzy was at its height and these miserable sheets went about their work like Czarist papers inciting a pogrom.
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The bureaucratic Czarist regime finally broke down in March, 1917, as soon as the revolution started.
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He always talks about the Czarist times and about the times his father was some big shot somewhere.
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It was a demand which, put to the Czarist government, if granted would only facilitate the struggle against this very religion.
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Disliked the oppression, some elements of oppression of the Czarist government.
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British Dictionary definitions for czarist

czarist

/ (ˈzɑːrɪst) /

adjective, noun

a variant spelling (esp US) of tsaristSee tsarism

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