Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com

Peter III

American  

noun

  1. 1728–62, czar of Russia 1762 (husband of Catherine II; father of Paul I).


Peter III British  

noun

  1. 1728–62, grandson of Peter I and tsar of Russia (1762): deposed in a coup d'état led by his wife (later Catherine II); assassinated

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

Over three seasons as Catherine the Great and Peter III of Russia, the actors tangled with love, treachery and the rule of a nation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2023

Should win: Hoult, playing a vain, unpredictable, glass-breaking, headbutting and unethical Peter III of Russia in “The Great,” sucking the oxygen from every scene.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 31, 2022

His take on Tsar Peter III is a delight… and it still boggles me when I remind myself that this is the same guy who played J.R.R.

From Salon ● Dec. 27, 2021

Elle Fanning plays a plucky and ambitious Catherine the Great opposite Nicholas Hoult’s brutish Peter III in this irreverent and comedic series, which takes more than a few historical liberties.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 11, 2021

The Montenegrins accepted him; and from 1768 to 1773 he showed himself a most competent and zealous ruler, carrying out so many reforms that he was clearly not Peter III.

From The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1 by Henry Baerlein

Random Word

Spin the wheel and learn a new word!

Get a word

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Join 14,000,000 vocabulary learners

Start learning new words today on VocabTrainer.
You'll remember them forever.

Start training